Come out and Disclose

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Come out verb - To become known.

Usage example: if the truth of his sexuality ever came out, the actor's career would be ruined

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Disclose and come out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disclose" instead a verb "Come out".

Disclose verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

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Come out and disclose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come out" instead a verb "Disclose".

Nearby Words: disclosure, disclosing

One of the protagonists of Better Than Chocolate keeps starting to come out of the closet to her mother, only to have her mother interrupt, assuming she was trying to disclose something else.

Source: Can Not Spit It Out

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