exit only

One-way departure point

Exit only marks a door, lane, or passage restricted to outbound traffic or departure—you can leave through it but not enter.

Highway signs designate lanes that lead only off the road: Stay left unless you want the exit only lane.

On doors, it warns against using the entrance in reverse.

In crude humor, sometimes a pointed reference to the anus.

Related

one way street · parking garage · parking structure · ramp · highway · off-ramp · sign · arrow · restricted · freeway · lane · bus lane · express lane · merge · roadway · drive-through · backstage · stage door

Categories
Opposites
direction of passage

exit onlyentrance

Point of access

entry · ingress · way in · incoming · arrivals

access restriction type

exit onlytwo-way

Operating in both directions

bidirectional · in and out · open access · unrestricted · free flow

Family

exit, exits, exited, exiting

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G