filed out
Departed in line
Filed out describes people leaving a place one after another in an orderly line or stream, the opposite of filing in.
The image is of a file—a single-line formation: The students filed out of the auditorium after the assembly.
It suggests unhurried, sequential departure rather than a rush for the exits.
- doorwayPassage into a room
- queueOrdered waiting line
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- crowdLarge public gathering
- departLeave a place
line · exit · one by one · disperse · procession · ended · evacuate · shuffle · march · passageway · congregation · church service · hallway · orderliness · gymnasium · assembly hall · poured · stadium