out on the town
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Around each table sat young women and girls, not dressed for a night out on the town, but like they had just come from work...with neatly pressed shirts and simple but pristine skirts.
From Literature
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AFP reporters spent a night out on the town on a recent December evening to document a city known for its excess exploding into full-blown extravagance.
From Barron's
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.
Our culture expects us to, after a relatively short period, just get over it, as if a few nights out on the town will do the trick.
From Los Angeles Times
All the gay people, leave work — we’re going out on the town!’”
From Los Angeles Times
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