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   outing

   /ˈaʊtɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less: "a family outing to Weston-super-Mare" Similar tripexcursionjauntexpeditionpleasure tripday tripday outtourmystery tourairingdriveriderunturncruisesallyinformal:junketspintootlejoyridetoolhurl
   • ▪ a brief journey from home: "her daily outing to the shops"
   • ▪ an appearance in something, especially a sporting event or film: informal "Madonna's first screen outing in three years"
   • 2. the practice of revealing the homosexuality of a prominent person: "LGBT organizations strongly condemn the outing of a transgender person before they are ready to tell their own story" Similar exposureunmaskinguncoveringrevelationexposé

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of going out or of expelling’): from the verb out + -ing1.

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