go out
to depart from a room, house, country, etc
to cease to illuminate, burn, or function: the fire has gone out
to cease to be fashionable or popular: that style went out ages ago!
to become unconscious or fall asleep: she went out like a light
(of a broadcast) to be transmitted
to go to entertainments, social functions, etc
(usually foll by with or together) to associate (with a person of the opposite sex) regularly; date
(of workers) to begin to strike
(foll by to) to be extended (to): our sympathy went out to her on the death of her sister
cards to get rid of the last card, token, etc, in one's hand
go all out to make a great effort to achieve or obtain something: he went all out to pass the exam
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How to use go out in a sentence
I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMinutes before an airplane hit the water, an alert would go out.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014 | Clive Irving | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore I go out on tour, I ask for prayer and to help my family.
Down With the King: Christianity Isn’t Hiding in Rap’s Closet | Stereo Williams | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The entertainers still entertain—and the people still have to get an ass-kicking to go out and vote,” Cosby said.
When Bill Cosby N-Bombed the Congressional Black Caucus | Asawin Suebsaeng | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe thinks leaving large sums to children is a disincentive for them to go out and do great things on their own.
He would go out and secure orders there at home among his friends and acquaintances.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxNo persons could come in or go out unless their business was known to those who had charge of the passage.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeIt was a habit with him to disguise himself in ordinary clothing and then to go out and mingle with the common people.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeIt is certain that if this retreat, from which the girls go out married, were to fail, they would perish and be lost.
Aunt Freda is at the house and she and the Reverend told me to go out and not to show myself back home for hours.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret Penrose
Other Idioms and Phrases with go out
Be extinguished, as in All the lights went out. [c. 1400]
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