show out

verb

To escort someone out of an event or place.

“I showed the guests out of the party.”

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Meanings

verbshow out (third-person singular simple present shows out, present participle showing out, simple past showed out, past participle shown out)

present singular third person shows out · participle present showing out · past showed out · participle past shown out

  1. reflexivesometimestransitiveTo escort someone out of an event or place.

    I showed the guests out of the party.

    1 more example

    It's getting late; I'll show myself out.

  2. colloquialinformalintransitiveslangTo display or present oneself; represent.

    Lord you showed up and showed out.

    2010, Deborah Wofford, Pour Me out a Blessing Ministries, page 143
    1 more example

    And on the other hand, without a gun, they can't get none / But don't let it be a black and a white one / 'Cause they'll slam ya down to the street top / Black police showing out for the white cop

    1989 January 25, Ice Cube, MC Ren, The D.O.C., “Fuck tha Police” (track 2), in Straight Outta Compton, performed by N.W.A
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APA

show out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20out

MLA

“show out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “show out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20out.

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