outing
[ ou-ting ]
/ ˈaʊ tɪŋ /
noun
a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like: the annual outing for the senior class.
a public appearance, as by a participant in an athletic contest or event: The new player scored spectacularly in his second outing with the team.
the intentional exposure of a secret homosexual, especially a prominent figure.
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Definition for outing (2 of 2)
Origin of out
before 900; (adv.) Middle English; Old English ūt; cognate with Dutch uit, German aus, Old Norse, Gothic ūt; akin to Sanskrit ud-; (adj., interjection, and preposition) Middle English, from the adv.; (v.) Middle English outen, Old English ūtian to put out, cognate with Old Frisian ūtia
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British Dictionary definitions for outing (1 of 2)
outing
/ (ˈaʊtɪŋ) /
noun
a short outward and return journey; trip; excursion
informal the naming by homosexuals of other prominent homosexuals, often against their will
British Dictionary definitions for outing (2 of 2)
Word Origin for out
Old English ūt; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse ūt, Old High German ūz, German aus
usage
The use of out as a preposition, though common in American English, is regarded as incorrect in British English: he climbed out of (not out) a window; he went out through the door
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Idioms and Phrases with outing
out
In addition to the idioms beginning with out
- out and about
- out and away
- out at the elbows
- out back
- out cold
- out for, be
- out for the count
- out from under
- out front
- out in left field
- out in the cold
- out in the open
- out like a light
- out loud
- out of a clear blue sky
- out of, be
- out of bounds
- out of breath
- out of business
- out of character
- out of circulation
- out of commission
- out of condition
- out of control
- out of date
- out of fashion
- out of favor
- out of gas
- out of hand
- out of harm's way
- out of humor
- out of it
- out of joint
- out of keeping
- out of key
- out of kilter
- out of line
- out of luck
- out of nowhere
- out of one's
- out of one's depth
- out of one's element
- out of one's hair
- out of one's mind
- out of one's shell
- out of one's system
- out of one's way
- out of order
- out of phase
- out of place
- out of pocket
- out of practice
- out of print
- out of proportion
- out of reach
- out of season
- out of shape
- out of sight
- out of sorts
- out of square
- out of step
- out of stock
- out of the blue
- out of the corner of one's eye
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the hole
- out of the loop
- out of the mouths of babes
- out of the ordinary
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the rain
- out of the running
- out of the way
- out of the window
- out of the woods
- out of the woodwork
- out of thin air
- out of this world
- out of touch
- out of town
- out of turn
- out of wedlock
- out of whack
- out of whole cloth
- out of work
- out on a limb
- out on bail
- out on one's ear
- out on the town
- outside of
- out to lunch
- out with it
also see:
- ace out
- act out
- all out
- ask out
- back out
- bail out
- bang out
- bawl out
- bear out
- beat one's brains out
- beat out
- belt out
- bent out of shape
- black out
- bliss out
- blot out
- blow one's brains out
- blow out
- blurt out
- bottom out
- bow out
- branch out
- brave out
- break out
- break out of
- bring out
- bug out
- bum out
- burn out
- burst into (out)
- buy out
- call out
- camp out
- cancel out
- card in (out)
- carry out
- cast out
- check out
- chew out
- chicken out
- chill out
- churn out
- clean out
- clear out
- clock in (out)
- close out
- come out
- come out ahead
- come out in the wash
- come out of
- come out with
- conk out
- cool off (out)
- cop out
- count out
- crank out
- crap out
- crop out
- cry (out) for
- cut it out
- cut out
- day after day (day in, day out)
- deal out
- deck out
- die out
- dig out
- dine out on
- dish out
- do out of
- dope out
- down and out
- drag on (out)
- draw out
- drop out
- drown out
- drum out
- dry out
- duck out
- ease out
- eat someone out of house and home
- eat one's heart out
- eat out
- eat out of one's hand
- edge out
- eke out
- fade out
- fall out
- farm out
- far out
- feel out
- ferret out
- fight it out
- figure out
- fill out
- find out
- fish out
- fish out of water
- fit out
- fizzle out
- flake out
- flat out
- flesh out
- flip one's lid (out)
- flunk out
- follow out
- for crying out loud
- fork over (out)
- freak out
- freeze out
- fresh out of
- get out
- get out of
- get the lead out
- give out
- go out
- go out of one's way
- gross out
- grow out of
- gut it out
- hammer out
- hand out
- hang out
- hang out one's shingle
- hang out to dry
- hash over (out)
- have an out
- have it out
- have one's work cut out
- head out
- hear out
- heart goes out to
- help out
- hide out
- hire out
- hit out
- hold out
- in (out of) favor
- in one ear and out the other
- in (out of) one's element
- in (out of) one's hair
- in (out of) print
- in (out of) reach
- ins and outs
- inside out
- into (out of) thin air
- in (out of) tune
- iron out
- jury is still out
- keep an eye out
- kick out
- knock out
- knock the bottom out
- lash out
- lay out
- leave out
- let out
- let the cat out of the bag
- light out
- like a bat out of hell
- live out
- lock out
- log in (out)
- look out
- look out for
- lose out
- luck out
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make capital out of
- make out
- max out
- mellow out
- miss out on
- murder will out
- muster in (out)
- nose out
- nose out of joint
- odd man out
- on the outs
- on the way out
- opt out
- pan out
- parcel out
- pass out
- pay out
- peter out
- phase in (out)
- pick out
- pig it (out)
- played out
- play out
- point out
- poop out
- pound out
- pour out
- price out of the market
- print out
- prove out
- psych out
- pull out
- pull out all the stops
- pull out of a hat
- pull the rug out
- punch in (out)
- put one out
- put oneself out
- put out
- put out feelers
- put someone out of his or her misery
- put out to grass
- puzzle out
- rack out
- rain out
- read out of
- ride out
- right out
- right-side out
- roll out
- root out
- round off (out)
- rough out
- rub out
- rule out
- run out of
- run out on
- sack in (out)
- scare out of one's wits
- screw someone out of
- see out
- sell out
- set out
- settle (wipe out) old scores
- shell out
- ship out
- shut out
- sign out
- sing out
- single out
- sit out
- skip out
- sleep out
- slip out
- smoke out
- snap out of it
- sniff out
- snuff out
- sound out
- space out
- spell out
- spin out
- stake out
- stamp out
- stand out
- start out
- step out
- stick one's neck out
- stick out
- straighten out
- stress out
- strike out
- string out
- strung out
- swear out
- sweat out
- take a leaf out of someone's book
- take it out on
- take out
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- talked out
- talk out
- talk out of
- tease out
- tell tales (out of school)
- think out
- thrash out
- throw out
- time out
- tired out
- top out
- trick out
- trot out
- truth will out
- try out
- tuckered out
- tune out
- turn out
- wait out
- walk out
- want in (out)
- washed out
- wash out
- wear out
- weasel out
- weave in and out
- weed out
- well out of
- whacked out
- wig out
- win out
- wipe out
- work out
- worm out of
- write out
- year in, year out
- zap out
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