go out

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go out

We decided to go out for dinner at a new restaurant.

Definition
  1. Intransitive Verb:
    • To leave one's home, especially for social or entertainment purposes: To exit a building or residence to engage in activities elsewhere, typically for leisure, socializing, or an event.
    • To cease burning or functioning (for lights, fires, etc.): To stop emitting light or heat; to become extinguished.
    • To stop being fashionable or popular: To fall out of style or common use.
    • To be in a romantic relationship with someone; to date someone regularly: To be involved in a courtship.
    • To be transmitted or broadcast: To be sent out, as in a radio or television signal.
    • To depart, to exit: To move from inside an area or container to the outside.
Usage Examples
  • Leaving for social activities:
    • Let's go out for dinner tonight.
    • She goes out with her friends every weekend.
  • Ceasing to function (lights/fire):
    • The candle went out in the wind.
    • All the lights in the building suddenly went out.
  • Falling out of fashion:
    • That style of hat went out years ago.
  • Dating someone:
    • He's been going out with her for six months.
  • Being broadcast:
    • The final episode goes out at 9 PM tonight.
  • Exiting:
    • He went out the back door.
Advanced Usage
  • "go out like a light": To fall asleep very quickly or to lose consciousness suddenly.
    • After the long hike, I went out like a light.
  • "go out of one's way": To make a special or extra effort to do something.
    • She went out of her way to make us feel welcome.
  • "go out of business": To cease commercial operations; to fail as a business.
    • Many small shops went out of business during the recession.
Variants and Related Words
  • Outing (n): A short trip or excursion for pleasure.
    • The school organized an outing to the museum.
  • Outgo (n/v): (Less common) Expenditure; or to go out.
  • Outgoing (adj): Sociable and friendly; or leaving a position.
Synonyms
  • Exit: To go out of a place.
  • Leave: To go away from.
  • Extinguish: To cause a light/fire to go out.
  • Date: To go out with romantically.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Go out to someone: To be extended or directed towards someone (e.g., sympathy, thoughts).
    • Our hearts go out to the victims of the disaster.
  • Go out together: To have a romantic relationship; to date.
    • They started going out together in college.
Related Idioms
  • Go out on a limb: To take a risk or put oneself in a vulnerable position by supporting something.
    • I'll go out on a limb and predict they will win.
  • Go out with a bang: To end in an exciting, successful, or impressive way.
    • The festival went out with a bang with a huge fireworks display.
go out

We decided to go out for dinner at a new restaurant.

Verb
  1. date regularly; have a steady relationship with
    • Did you know that she is seeing an older man?
    • He is dating his former wife again!
  2. go out of fashion; become unfashionable
  3. become extinguished
    • The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark
  4. take the field
    • The soldiers went out on missions
  5. leave the house to go somewhere
    • We never went out when our children were small
  6. move out of or depart from
    • leave the room
    • the fugitive has left the country