/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Come Out
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Said of a young lady after she has been introduced at Court, or has entered into society as a “grown-up” person. She “comes out into society.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.