go out
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editgo out (third-person singular simple present goes out, present participle going out, simple past went out, past participle gone out)
- (intransitive) To leave, especially a building.
- Please go out through the back door.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- Antonym: stay in
- They were going to stay in and read, but instead went out shopping.
- On their first date they went out to dinner at a restaurant.
- Let's go out tonight and have some fun!
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke viij:[5], folios lxxxvj, verso – lxxxvij, recto:
- A ſower went out to ſowe his ſeede / and as he ſowed / ſome fell by the waye ſyde / and hit was troden vnder fete / and the foules of the ayre devoured it vp.
- 1986 September 8, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
- It seems like we go out for pizza a lot these days.
- (intransitive) To be eliminated from a competition.
- Our team went out in the third round.
- (intransitive) To come to an end, by nature or by an unseen external agent.
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- The lights went out while I was taking a shower.
- To go unconscious; to pass out.
- When I hit him, he hit the floor and went out.
- To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
- After diagnosis, all his confidence went out of him.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- 1922 October, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, “[Poem] XXVIII”, in Last Poems, London: Grant Richards Ltd., →OCLC, page 54:
- And cold the poor man lies at night, / And so goes out the year.
- To die.
- As much as you may want to plan your funeral, you can't control when you go out.
- 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- A motorcycle cop led the funeral procession & with all the cabs pulling up the rear we were 5–6 blocks long. The cops even blocked off streets for us. The guy went out like a goddamn mayor.
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- (intransitive, card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (intransitive) To pass out of fashion.
- Antonym: come in
- He thought Nehru jackets went out in the late seventies.
- (intransitive, of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- They've been going out for three years now, but still live apart.
- Jack and Susan are going out.
- (intransitive, with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- Do you think she will go out with anyone this year?
- (intransitive, colloquial) To fail.
- I'd like to help clear the field, but my knee went out on me.
- (intransitive, with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- Thank you for introducing us to your new album. Which song should we go out on?
- (intransitive, of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- Antonym: come in
- (intransitive, usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- Our thoughts and prayers go out to those afflicted by the tragedy.
- My heart went out to her, but there was nothing I could do.
- (obsolete) To take part in a duel (with). [17th–19th c.]
- 1789 May 27, [John Moore], chapter III, in Zeluco. Various Views of Human Nature, Taken from Life and Manners, Foreign and Domestic., volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 20:
- He went out at the firſt hint with the Neapolitan, and being an admirable ſwordſman, wounded and diſarmed him; […]
- 1890 December, Cornhill Magazine, page 626:
- He must go out or be under a social ban. Out they go accordingly, and the trained pistol-shot kills his civilian opponent.
- (intransitive, UK, broadcasting) To be broadcast.
- The first episode of the show goes out on Saturday.
Synonyms
edit- (have a romantic relationship): date; see also Thesaurus:date
Translations
editto leave, especially a building
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to leave one's abode to go to public places
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to be turned off or extinguished
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to become extinct, to expire
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