go out

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go out (third-person singular simple present goes out, present participle going out, simple past went out, past participle gone out)

1. (intransitive) To leave, especially a building.

   Please go out through the back door.

   • Leave definition

     To have a consequence or remnant.

     1. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely. (1 of 15 leave definitions)
2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.

   Antonym: stay in

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 8:5:

     A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

   • 1986 September 8, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):

     It seems like we go out for pizza a lot these days.

   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!

   • Abode definition

     Act of waiting; delay. (1 of 3 abode definitions)

   • Stay In definition

     Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay,‎ in. (1 of 2 stay in definitions)
3. (intransitive) To be eliminated from a competition.

   Our team went out in the third round.

   • Eliminate definition

     To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. (1 of 5 eliminate definitions)

   • Competition definition

     The action of competing. (1 of 3 competition definitions)
4. (intransitive) 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.

   2. 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.

   3. To die.
      • 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.

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

   • Turned Off definition

     simple past and past participle of turn off

   • Extinguished definition

     simple past and past participle of extinguish

   • Extinct definition

     Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.) (1 of 4 extinct definitions)

   • Expire definition

     To die. (1 of 6 expire definitions)
5. (intransitive, card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.

   Leon made two canastas, then went out by melding treys.

   • Card Game definition

     Any of the many games played with playing cards.

   • Discard definition

     To throw away, to reject. (1 of 3 discard definitions)

   • Meld definition

     To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse. (1 of 2 meld definitions)

   • Hand definition

     The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. (1 of 35 hand definitions)

   • Canasta definition

     A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank. (1 of 2 canasta definitions)

   • Trey definition

     A playing card or die with the rank of three. (1 of 6 trey definitions)
6. (intransitive) To pass out of fashion.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 35:

     And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

   Antonym: come in

   He thought Nehru jackets went out in the late seventies.

   • Out Of Fashion definition

     Unfashionable, not in fashion.

   • Blub definition

     To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval). (1 of 2 blub definitions)

   • Ripping definition

     present participle and gerund of rip

   • Come In definition

     To enter. (1 of 15 come in definitions)

   • Nehru Jacket definition

     A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.
7. (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.

   • Romantic definition

     Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic. (1 of 7 romantic definitions)

   • Relationship definition

     Connection or association; the condition of being related. (1 of 6 relationship definitions)

   • Date definition

     The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. (1 of 2 date definitions)
8. (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?:

   • With definition

     Against. (1 of 14 with definitions)
9. (intransitive, colloquial) To fail.

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

   • Fail definition

     To be unsuccessful. (1 of 15 fail definitions)
10. (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?

    • On definition

      In the state of being active, functioning or operating. (1 of 11 on definitions)
11. (intransitive, of the tide) To recede; to ebb.

    Antonym: come in

    • Ebb definition

      The receding movement of the tide. (1 of 4 ebb definitions)
12. (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.

    • Heart definition

      A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion. (1 of 12 heart definitions)
13. (obsolete) To take part in a duel (with). [17th–19th c.]
    • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 10:

      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.

    • Duel definition

      Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor. (1 of 3 duel definitions)

Synonyms

• (have a romantic relationship): date; see also Thesaurus:date

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