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goout (third-person singular simple presentgoes out,present participlegoing out,simple pastwent out,past participlegone out)

1. (intransitive) Toleave, especially a building.

   Pleasego out through the back door.

2. (intransitive,idiomatic) To leave one'sabode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.

   Antonym:stay in

   They were going to stay in and read, but insteadwent out shopping.

   On their first date theywent out to dinner at a restaurant.

   Let'sgo 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 ſowerwent 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 wego out for pizza a lot these days.

3. (intransitive) To beeliminated from acompetition.

   Our teamwent out in the third round.

4. (intransitive) To come to an end, by nature or by an unseen external agent.
   1. To beturned off orextinguished.

      The lightswent out while I was taking a shower.

   2. To go unconscious; topass out.

      When I hit him, he hit the floor andwent out.

   3. To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.

      After diagnosis, all his confidencewent out of him.

   4. To becomeextinct, toexpire.
      • 1922 October,A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, “[Poem] XXVIII”, inLast Poems, London:Grant Richards Ltd.,→OCLC,page54:

        And cold the poor man lies at night, / And sogoes out the year.

   5. To die.

      As much as you may want to plan your funeral, you can't control when yougo out.

      • 1977-1980,Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in2019, 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 guywent out like a goddamn mayor.

5. (intransitive,card games) Todiscard ormeld all the cards in one'shand.

   Leon made twocanastas, thenwent out by meldingtreys.

6. (intransitive) To passout of fashion.

   Antonym:come in

   He thoughtNehru jacketswent out in the late seventies.

   • 1991 September,Stephen Fry, chapter 1, inThe Liar, London:Heinemann,→ISBN, section II,page24:

     And ‘blubbing’ . . .Blubbingwent out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. 1920s schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

7. (intransitive, of a couple) To have aromanticrelationship, one that involves going out together ondates; to be a couple.

   They've beengoing out for three years now, but still live apart.

   Jack and Susan aregoing out.

8. (intransitive, withwith) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).

   Do you think she willgo out with anyone this year?

   • 1978,Joe Jackson,Is She ReallyGoing Out with Him?
9. (intransitive,colloquial) Tofail.

   I'd like to help clear the field, but my kneewent out on me.

10. (intransitive, withon) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).

    Thank you for introducing us to your new album. Which song should wego out on?

11. (intransitive, of the tide) To recede; toebb.

    Antonym:come in

12. (intransitive, usually of one'sheart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.

    Our thoughts and prayersgo out to those afflicted by the tragedy.

    My heartwent out to her, but there was nothing I could do.

13. (obsolete) To take part in aduel (with).[17th–19th c.]
    • 1789 May 27, [John Moore], chapter III, inZeluco. Various Views of Human Nature, Taken from Life and Manners, Foreign and Domestic., volume I, London:[…]A[ndrew] Strahan; andT[homas] Cadell, […],→OCLC,page20:

      Hewent out at the firſt hint with the Neapolitan, and being an admirable ſwordſman, wounded and diſarmed him;[…]

    • 1890 December,Cornhill Magazine, page626:

      He mustgo out or be under a social ban.Out theygo accordingly, and the trained pistol-shot kills his civilian opponent.

14. (intransitive,UK,broadcasting) To bebroadcast.

    The first episode of the showgoes out on Saturday.

• (have a romantic relationship):date; see alsoThesaurus:date

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