Dic: come out// come out + complement (in a particular way)

─. To come out in a particular way means to be in the position or state described at the end of a process or event.

• In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well.
• So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list.
• Julian ought to have resigned, then he'd have come out of it with some credit.

─. If something comes out in a particular way, that is what it is like after it has been made or produced.

• I've made a cake, but it hasn't come out very well.
• The cover have come out a bit too big.

─. If someone comes out in a particular way, that is the situation they are in at the end of an event or series of events.

• The more experienced team came out on top.
• She came out of the divorce quite well.

─. If you describe how something or someone comes out at the end of a process or activity, you say what condition they are in or what they have achieved.

• She came out of divorce settlement a rich woman.
• These figures have come out wrong! I don't understand it.
• Your paintings has come out really well.
• He hasn't exactly come out of the scandal with his reputation enhanced.

CF ─. if something you say comes out in a particular way, that is how it sounds or how it is understood.

• His words came out as little more than a whisper.
• That didn't come out the way I meant it to.
• I tried to explain everything to her, but it came out all wrong. [= not in the way I intended]

CF ─. If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.

─. come out on top: to win a difficult struggle or argument, especially one that has continued for a long time.

• The only way to come out on top is to adop a different approach.
• It's difficult to predict who will come out on top. 

..... Cobuild, LDOCE, CALD