on the town

Idioms

Also, out on the town. In spirited pursuit of entertainment offered by a town or city, as in We went out on the town last night. [Early 1700s]

Example Sentences

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Yet rumba is so much more than the soundtrack to a good night out on the town.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Of his novel’s effect on the town during the July festival, Hemingway once wrote, “It is all there as it always was except forty thousand tourists have been added.”

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Midtown Manhattan is clogged again with impossible traffic, downtown’s booming, people are back in the office and out on the town, Broadway is back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The borough council has described the vacant Waterloo House building as a "blight" on the town centre.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

It’s something I have to be aware of when I’m out on the town.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

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