Exit and Return

Exit

Exit noun - A place or means of going out.

Return is an antonym for exit.

Nearby Words: exited, exiting

Return

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

Exit is an antonym for return in coming again topic.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

How words are described

safe safe exit safe return
special special exit special return
regular regular exit regular return
original original exit original return
Other adjectives: true, proper, single, actual, real, big, little, quick, main, grand, dramatic, possible, apparent, official, next, subsequent, last, eventual, different.

Common collocations

body exit body return body
area exit area return area
place exit place return place
series exit series return series
Other words: show, way, world, home, machine, key, ring, car, town, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Space Patrol Luluco Epiphanic Prison: In episode 11, Luluco thinks that her life is over and there's no way she can get out of hell, but Inferno Cop helps her to realize that she can leave through the exit and return to life as soon as she understands what she needs to do.
  • Lampshaded again in this strip, when Nale uses a conveniently timed distraction to make an exit, only to return moments later with the evil cavalry.
  • Literature / Daniel Deronda Long Bus Trip: Daniel and Mirah exit the novel by going to Palestine, with no assurances that they will ever return to England.
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