on the way out

prepositional phrase

In the process of leaving.

“This trend is on its way out.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. In the process of leaving.

    Quick! She's already on the way out!

  2. As someone is leaving.

    He shook my hand on the way out.

  3. informalGoing out of fashion.

    This trend is on its way out.

    1 more example

    The traditional British signal is on its way out. Unsentimental officials will doubtless decree colour-lights from Kings Cross to Waverley, and from Paddington to Penzance, with upper quadrants on minor branches.

    1957 June 28, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Lower Quadrant”, in Railway Magazine, pages 422, 423
  4. euphemisticinformalDying.

Translations

Italian in declino, superato
  • in declinogoing out of fashion
  • superatogoing out of fashion
  • fuori modagoing out of fashion
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APA

on the way out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20way%20out

MLA

“on the way out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20way%20out. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the way out,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20way%20out.

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