The Clue
I. S. Cobb's "___ Laughing" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EXIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EXIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Depart
Departure
Egress
Leave
Turnoff
Actor's direction
Escape route
Get away
It's a turnoff
Kind of poll
Means of egress
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Sign in the dark
Sign in a hospital
Sign in red
Stage direction
Take off
Theater sign
Thruway sign
Tollbooth site
Way out
Get off the road
Interstate sign with an arrow
Lighted sign in a theater
Parking-lot sign
Sign in a movie house
Sign near a stairway
Split, so to speak
Theater-door sign
Lighted sign near a stairway
Sign over some doors
Definition
EXIT as a noun:
1. (exit, issue, outlet, way out) = an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
2. (passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release) = euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
3. the act of going out
EXIT as a verb:
1. (exit, go out, get out, leave) = move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
2. lose the lead
3. (die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it) = pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"