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Definition of go out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

go out

phrasal verb
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go out
  1. to leave your house to go to a social event
    • She goes out a lot.
    • go out doing something He goes out drinking most evenings.
  2. when the tide goes out, it moves away from the land synonym ebb opposite come in
  3. to be sent
    • Have the invitations gone out yet?
  4. (British English) when a radio or television programme goes out, it is broadcastTopics TV, radio and newsb2
  5. when news or information goes out, it is announced or published
    • go out that… Word went out that the director had resigned.
  6. if a fire or light goes out, it stops burning or shining
go out (of something)
  1. to fail to reach the next stage of a competition, etc.
    • She went out of the tournament in the first round.
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2
  2. to be no longer fashionable or generally used
    • Those skirts went out years ago.
go out with somebody | go out (together)
  1. (especially of young people) to spend time with somebody and have a romantic or sexual relationship with them
    • Tom has been going out with Lucy for six weeks.
    • How long have Tom and Lucy been going out together?
    wordfinder note at love
See go out in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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