way out
noun
1.
the means by which a predicament, dilemma, etc., may be solved.
2.
Chiefly British.
an exit or exit door, as in a theater.
way-out
[
wey
-
out
]
/ˈweɪˈaʊt/
adjective
,
Informal.
1.
advanced in style or technique:
way-out jazz.
2.
exotic or esoteric in character:
way-out theories on nutrition.
Origin
1950-55;
adj. use of
way out
far off; see
way
2
,
out
Examples from the web for
way out
Those who are not in the street are hanging half
way out
of the windows, shouting at some one below.
Above me towered the colossal edifice of society, and to my mind the only
way out
was up.
The three sons had bribed their
way out
of military service.
Two were on their
way out
of the woods, after having been all winter and spring without seeing a white face.
We are presently about half-
way out
in the expanding phase.
Those in the clan of the sandalwood evolved a
way out
of the darkness.
We seem to be bent on destroying every single resource and unable to talk our
way out
of doing so.
It doesn't flatten all the
way out
, though, and its ungainly size becomes even more apparent in the prone position.
He drove all the
way out
to the convention center and waded into the madding crowd.
Well-positioned proposals demonstrate how the important findings will make their
way out
into the world.
British Dictionary definitions for
way out
way-out
adjective
(
informal
)
1.
extremely unconventional or experimental; avant-garde
2.
excellent or amazing
Slang definitions & phrases for
way out
way out
adjective phrase
Imaginative; original and bold, esp successfullyand admirably so
(1940s+ Jazz musicians)
Excellent; wonderful;
far out
,
great
,
out of sight
(1950s+ Cool talk fr jazz musicians)
Intoxicated with narcotics;
high
,
out of it
(1960s+ Narcotics)
[probably fr earlier out of this world or out of sight]