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exit
A	noun
	1	exit
			the act of going out
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚accomplishment; achievement ╚deed; feat; effort; exploit ╚departure; going; going away; leaving ╚exit
	2	exit, issue, outlet, way out
			an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚opening ╚exit, issue, outlet, way out ╚outfall
	3	passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
			euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚death; decease ╚passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
B	verb
	1	die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
			pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
		Category Tree: change ╚change state; turn ╚die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
	2	exit
			lose the lead
		Category Tree: compete; vie; contend ╚play ╚exit
	3	exit, go out, get out, leave
			move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
		Category Tree: move ╚exit, go out, get out, leave ╚eject ╚step out ╚get off ╚fall out ╚hop out; get off ╚file out ╚pop out ╚go; go away; depart

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To exit R.
Take the south exit vs Go out from the south exit or else?
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go through exit
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An emergency exit sign
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