hatch out
hatch out
1. Literally, to be born by emerging from an egg. The class gathered around as the baby duckling hatched out of its shell.
2. To devise or organize something, especially in secret. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "hatch" and "out." We hatched out a plan to steal the diamonds from the museum. We hatched the scheme out behind the boss's back.
See also: hatch, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hatch an animal out
- cackleberry
- lay an egg
- lay an egg, to
- egg on one's face, to have/wipe off the
- break (one's) egg
- can't boil an egg
- go fry an egg
- Go fry an egg!
- a good egg