go out
Verb
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Verb
go 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.
- Antonyms: 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!
- (intransitive) To be eliminated from a competition.
- Our team went out in the third round.
- (intransitive) To be turned off or extinguished.
- The lights went out.
- (intransitive) To become extinct, to expire.
- 1922, Alfred Edward Housman, XXVIII, lines 3-4
- And cold the poor man lies at night, / And so goes out the year.
- 1922, Alfred Edward Housman, XXVIII, lines 3-4
- (intransitive, card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (intransitive) To pass out of fashion.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:
- Antonyms: 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?
- 1978 Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out with Him?
- (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?
- (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- Antonyms: come in
- (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.
- (intransitive) To die.
- As much as you may want to plan your funeral, you can't control when you go out.
- (have a romantic relationship) date; see also Thesaurus:date
- French: sortir
- German: hinausgehen, (towards the speaker) herausgehen, ausgehen
- Italian: uscire, andare fuori
- Portuguese: sair
- Russian: выходи́ть
- Spanish: salir
- French: éteindre
- German: erlöschen, verlöschen
- Portuguese: desligar, apagar
- Russian: га́снуть
- Spanish: apagarse
- German: aussterben
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