on the way out

English

Prepositional phrase

on the way out

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. (informal) Going out of fashion.
4. (informal, euphemistic) Dying.

Translations

going out of fashion

• Italian: in declino, superato (it), fuori moda

Further reading

• “on the way out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “on someone’s way out”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “on the way out”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “on the way out” (US) / “on the way out” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “on the way out”, in Collins English Dictionary.