lights-out (Meaning)

Wordnet

lights-out (n)

a prescribed bedtime

(military) signal to turn the lights out

FAQs About the word lights-out

a prescribed bedtime, (military) signal to turn the lights out

makes off, elopes, gets (away), skips (out), clears out, skirrs, lams, decamps, gets out, mizzles

faces, dares, defies,confronts, dares, remains, remains, defies, confronts, faces

The lights-out curfew enforced during wartime prohibited outdoor lighting to prevent enemy detection.

The exhausted campers welcomed the lights-out signal, eager to succumb to the embrace of darkness.

The submarine lurked beneath the surface, its lights-out mode providing stealth and tactical advantage.

The old movie theater dimmed its lights-out as the projector whirred to life.