Come out of the closet.
Coming out of the closet meaning.
At the last moment the representative came out of the closet and announced her support for the controversial amendment.
2 to exit a small storage space which generally holds clothes and other items.
People usually talk about homosexuals coming out rather than coming out of the closet.
If someone comes out of the closet they tell people for the first time that they are gay.
You can also say that an issue comes out of the closet when it starts to be publicly discussed.
Come out of the closet.
Ryan came out of the closet wearing his mom s pink dress just as his parents walked through the door.
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She felt that if she came out of the closet as a lesbian she would be discriminated against.
Come out of the closet 1 to admit the fact that one is sexually attracted members of his or her own gender.
See skeleton in the closet.