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View synonyms for go out

go out

verb

  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. to associate (with a person of the opposite sex) 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. to make a great effort to achieve or obtain something

    he went all out to pass the exam

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Be extinguished, as in All the lights went out . [c. 1400]

Die; also, faint. For example, I want to go out before I become senile , or At the sight of blood he went out like a light . The first usage dates from about 1700 and was at first put go out of the world . For the variant, see under out cold .

Take part in social life outside the home, as in We go out a lot during the holiday season . This usage dates from the second half of the 1700s and gave rise to go out with someone , meaning “to date someone.”

Stop working, as in To show their support of the auto workers, the steel workers went out too . This expression is short for go out on strike . [Late 1800s]

Become unfashionable, as in Bell-bottom pants went out in the 1970s but made a comeback in the 1990s. This usage is sometimes amplified to go out of fashion or go out of style , as in This kind of film has gone out of fashion , or These boots are going out of style . [Late 1400s]

Cease to function as before. This sense appears in go out of print , said of a book that will no longer be printed. Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with go out .

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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But they acknowledged: "No-one goes out expecting to have to call out a rescue team and accidents can happen to the very best of us."

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Alison said her daughter was "full of energy and love" and relished going out with her friends and away on holidays.

From BBC

“For them to trust me to go out there and throw some big innings, it was awesome,” Glasnow said.

"But that doesn't mean that people should go out and do anything bad."

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“People are afraid to go out right now — that’s both Korean folks and my Latino neighbors I talk to,” Yungsu said.

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