The Clue
Road sign (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EXIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EXIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Egress
Leave
Retreat
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Door sign
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Script direction
Sign by a door
Sign on a door
Sign in a theater
Stage direction
Take off
Theater sign
Thruway sign
Tollbooth site
Way to go
Way to go?
Way off
Way out
Lighted sign in a theater
Mandated safety sign
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Sign in a movie house
Sign by stairs, often
Split, so to speak
Way out sign
Where to get off
Sign over some doors
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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"