come out to (someone)

come out to (someone)

To reveal a personal secret, typically one's non-heterosexuality, to someone else after having kept it hidden. Once you come out to your parents, you will be very relieved. I knew I couldn't keep living this unfulfilling lie of a life—that's what finally drove me to come out to my family. We can't come out to our friends about our financial troubles—we'd be the laughingstock of high society!

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come out to

an amount Go to come out at an amount.

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