Sentence examples for lit out from inspiring English sources

"lit out" is not correct and usable in written English.
It is an informal phrase, often used in spoken language, and it means to leave somewhere quickly. For example, "Once the storm hit, we lit out of there."

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lit out

verb

Past of light out

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They landed and lit out again, restless.

When we lit out on tour we had audiences!

At 13, he lit out for the Amazon jungle.

And then Daddy lit out for this Zip Code, changed his face, and everything was reversed.

Having read "Huckleberry Finn," she remarked that Bob had "lit out for the territory" with Karel.

We shrugged — so long City of Light! — and lit out wet-headed.

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He played lights out".

Lights out, I guess.

"And Greg played lights out".

She also defends lights out".

"It was still light out".

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