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light out verb phrase To depart, leave in haste. [DARE labels this phrase "especially South Midland" in the U.S.]

1895 Edson and Fairchild TN Mts 374 They jes squandered and lit out. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 297 I tuk my foot in my hand and lit out. 1954 GSMNP-19:6 But anyway I lit out home next morning. 1999 Morgan Gap Creek 57 I thought of packing up my things in the cardboard box and lighting out for home.