go out

See also: go-out

English

Pronunciation

Verb

go out (third-person singular simple present goes out, present participle going out, simple past went out, past participle gone out)Category:English lemmas#GOOUTCategory:English verbs#GOOUTCategory:English phrasal verbs#GOOUTCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22out%22#GOOUTCategory:English multiword terms#GOOUTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOOUTCategory:Pages with entries#GO%20OUTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GO%20OUT (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GOOUT)

  1. To leave, especially a building.
    Please go out through the back door.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  2. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#GOOUT) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
    On their first date they went out to dinner at a restaurant.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
    Let's go out tonight and have some fun!Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  3. To be eliminated from a competition.
    Our team went out in the third round.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  4. To come to an end, by nature or by an unseen external agent.
    1. To be turned off or extinguished.
      The lights went out while I was taking a shower.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
    2. To go unconscious; to pass out.
      When I hit him, he hit the floor and went out.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
    3. To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
      After diagnosis, all his confidence went out of him.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
    4. To become extinct, to expire.
    5. To die.
      As much as you may want to plan your funeral, you can't control when you go out.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
      • 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.
  5. (card gamesCategory:en:Card games#GOOUT) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
    Leon made two canastas, then went out by melding treys.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  6. To pass out of fashion; be on the wane.
    Antonym: come in
    He thought Nehru jackets went out in the late seventies.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  7. (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.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  8. (with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
    Do you think she will go out with anyone this year?Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  9. (colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#GOOUT) To fail.
    I'd like to help clear the field, but my knee went out on me.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  10. (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?Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  11. (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
    Antonym: come in
  12. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#GOOUT, 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
    My heart went out to her, but there was nothing I could do.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT
  13. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#GOOUT) To take part in a duel (with). [17th–19th c.]
  14. (UKCategory:British English#GOOUT, broadcastingCategory:en:Broadcasting#GOOUT) To be broadcast.
    The first episode of the show goes out on Saturday.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOOUT

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