See Also: exit(2)(dictionary)
EXIT(dictionary)
exit(1)(dictionary)
Exit fee(money)
exit(dictionary)
Exit(tourism)
exit 2, verb(dictionary)
exit poll(dictionary)
fire exit(dictionary)
exit 1, noun(dictionary)

exit(1) (iou)



exit noun. L16.
[Latin EXITUS.]
A departure of an actor etc. from the stage during a scene; fig. a person's death. L16.
gen. A departure from any place or situation. Also, freedom or opportunity to depart. M17.
port of exit: see PORT noun3 5b.
G. P. R. James The man had just given admittance or exit to some one. J. London Arthur was leaving the room, and Martin Eden followed his exit with longing eyes.
A means of egress, esp. from a public building; an outlet, a way out. L17.
B. Jowett An enclosure..which was surrounded by a great ditch and had no exit. J. Gaskell We walked up the aisle..and bunked out through the emergency exit.
b. A place where traffic can leave a motorway etc.; a slip-road provided at such a place. M20.
Cards (esp. Bridge). The action of deliberately losing the lead; a card enabling one to do this. M20.
Comb.: exit line a line spoken by an actor or actress immediately before leaving the stage; exit permit = exit visa below; exit poll an unofficial poll, esp. for the media, in which voters leaving a polling station are asked how they voted; exit visa a visa enabling one to leave a country; exit wound: made by a bullet passing out of the body.