If you go out, you leave your home in order to do something enjoyable, for example to go to a party, a bar, or the cinema.
I'm going out tonight. [VERBPARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you go outwith someone, the two of you spend time together socially, and have a romantic or sexual relationship.
I once went out with a French man. [VERBPARTICLE + with]
They've only been going out for six weeks.
3. phrasal verb
If you go outto do something, you make a deliberate effort to do it.
You do not go out to injure opponents. [VERBPARTICLE to-infinitive]
It will be a marvellous occasion and they should go out and enjoy it. [VERBPARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If a light goes out, it stops shining.
The bedroom light went out after a moment. [VERBPARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb
If something that is burning goes out, it stops burning.
The fire seemed to be going out. [VERBPARTICLE]
6. phrasal verb
If a message goes out, it is announced, published, or sent out to people.
Word went out that a column of tanks was on its way. [VERBPARTICLE]
7. phrasal verb
When a television or radio programme goes out, it is broadcast.
[British]
The series goes out at 10.30pm, Fridays, on Channel 4. [VERBPARTICLE]
8. phrasal verb
If a type of thing goes out, it stops existing or being used, usually because it is replaced by something else.
Double-breasted suits went out years ago. [VERBPARTICLE]
The weapons had gone out of use. [VPof n]
9. phrasal verb
When the tide goes out, the water in the sea gradually moves back to a lower level.
The tide was going out. [VERBPARTICLE]
10. phrasal verb
If a person or team goes outof a competition, they are defeated in a game and therefore can no longer take part in the competition.
Newcastle went out of the competition, losing 2-1 on aggregate. [VPof n]
11.
See my heart/sympathy/thoughts go(es) out to sb
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go out in British English
verb(intr, adverb)
1.
to depart from a room, house, country, etc
2.
to cease to illuminate, burn, or function
the fire has gone out
3.
to cease to be fashionable or popular
that style went out ages ago!
4.
to become unconscious or fall asleep
she went out like a light
5.
(of a broadcast) to be transmitted
6.
to go to entertainments, social functions, etc
7. (usually foll bywith or together)
to associate (with a person to whom one is romantically attached) regularly; date
8.
(of workers) to begin to strike
9. (foll by to)
to be extended (to)
our sympathy went out to her on the death of her sister
10. cards
to get rid of the last card, token, etc, in one's hand
11. go all out
go out in American English
1.
to come to an end
; specif.,
a.
to be extinguished
b.
to become outdated
2.
to attend social affairs, the theater, etc.
3.
to go on strike
4.
to try out (for an athletic team, etc.)
5. see phrase under out Golf
See full dictionary entry for go
go out in American English
Golf
to play the first nine holes of an 18-hole golf course
See full dictionary entry for out
Examples of 'go out' in a sentence
go out
I have to go out to the airport, have a few words with Ambassador Pavane.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
It was all money due to go out to the shipowners in the New Year... apart from my two per cent.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
Even over the whine of the generator I heard the air go out of him.
Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
He was good-looking, though, and certainly did not have to look far to find a woman who would go out with him.
Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2001)
In other languages
go out
British English: go out /ɡəʊ aʊt/ VERB
When you go out, you do something enjoyable away from your home, for example you go to a restaurant or the cinema.
I'm going out to dinner tonight.
American English: go out
Arabic: يَخْرُجُ
Brazilian Portuguese: sair
Chinese: 出去消遣
Croatian: izaći
Czech: vyrazit si za zábavou
Danish: gå ud
Dutch: uitgaan
European Spanish: salir
Finnish: mennä ulos
French: sortir
German: ausgehen
Greek: βγαίνω
Italian: uscire
Japanese: 外出する
Korean: 외출하다
Norwegian: gå ut
Polish: wyjść
European Portuguese: sair
Romanian: a ieși în oraș
Russian: бывать в обществе
Latin American Spanish: salir
Swedish: gå ut
Thai: ออกไปข้างนอก, ไปเที่ยว
Turkish: dışarı çıkmak
Ukrainian: іти на прогулянку
Vietnamese: đi chơi
All related terms of 'go out'
go out of
If a quality or feeling goes out of someone or something, they no longer have it.
go all out
to make a great effort to achieve or obtain something
go out for
To go out for something means to try to do it or be chosen for it.
go out on a limb
to do something risky or extreme, which puts you in a position of weakness
go out the window
if a plan or a particular way of thinking or behaving goes out the window , it disappears completely
go out of one's way
If you go out of your way to do something, for example to help someone, you make a special effort to do it.
go out of the way
to inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble
go all out for/to do sth
If you go all out to do something or go all out for something, you make the greatest possible effort to do it or get it.
go/fly out of the window
If you say that something such as a plan or a particular way of thinking or behaving has gone out of the window or has flown out of the window , you mean that it has disappeared completely.
be/go out of your mind with sth
If you say that someone is out of their mind with a feeling such as worry or fear , you are emphasizing that they are extremely worried or afraid .
go in one ear and out the other
if a piece of information goes in one ear and out the other, you pay no attention to it, or forget about it immediately
Chinese translation of 'go out'
go out
vi
[person]离(離)开(開) (líkāi)
(to party, club) 出去消遣 (chūqù xiāoqiǎn)
to go out of离(離)开(開) (líkāi)
are you going out tonight?你今晚出去吗(嗎)？ (nǐ jīnwǎn chūqù ma?)
[couple]和 ... 交往 (hé ... jiāowǎng)
they've been going out for 3 years and have just got engaged他们(們)已经(經)交往3年了，并(並)且刚(剛)刚(剛)订(訂)婚 (tāmen yǐjīng jiāowǎng sān nián le, bìngqiě gānggāng dìnghūn)
to go out with sb和某人交往 (hé mǒurén jiāowǎng)
(= be extinguished)[light, fire]熄灭(滅) (xīmiè)
See go
All related terms of 'go out'
to go out of
离(離)开(開) líkāi
to go out of use
不再被使用 bù zài bèi shǐyòng
to go out with sb
和某人交往 hé mǒurén jiāowǎng
do you go out much?
你经(經)常出去吗(嗎)？ nī jīngcháng chūqù ma?
to go out on a limb
( fig ) 惹是生非 rě shì shēng fēi
to go out for a meal
出去吃饭(飯) chūqù chīfàn
to go out of business
破产(產) pòchǎn
to be/go out of fashion
过(過)时(時) guòshí
I go out more than I used to
我比过(過)去出去得多了 wǒ bǐ guòqù chūqù de duō le
I'd rather stay in than go out
我宁(寧)可呆在家里(裡)而不愿(願)出去 wǒ nìngkě dāi zài jiā li ér bù yuàn chūqù