go out

/goʊ aʊt/
/gəʊ aʊt/
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Other forms: went out; going out; gone out; goes out

Definitions of go out
  1. verb
    move out of or depart from
    synonyms: exit, get out, leave
    go away, go forth, leave
    go away from a place
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    depart, go, go away
    move away from a place into another direction
    pop out
    exit briefly
    file out
    march out, in a file
    get off, hop out
    get out of quickly
    fall out
    leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation
    get off
    leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
    step out
    go outside a room or building for a short period of time
    eject
    leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
    undock
    move out of a dock
    log off, log out
    exit a computer
    blow, shove along, shove off
    leave; informal or rude
    detrain
    leave a train
    deplane
    get off an airplane
    type of:
    move
    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
  2. verb
    leave the house to go somewhere
    “We never went out when our children were small”
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    date
    go on a date with
    double-date
    go out on a date with a partner and another couple
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    go away, go forth, leave
    go away from a place
  3. verb
    date regularly; have a steady relationship with
    synonyms: date, go steady, see
    date
    go on a date with
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    affiliate, associate, assort, consort
    keep company with; hang out with
  4. verb
    become extinguished
    “The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark”
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    cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
    have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  5. verb
    go out of fashion; become unfashionable
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    antonyms:
    come in
    come into fashion; become fashionable
    type of:
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  6. verb
    take the field
    “The soldiers went out on missions”
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    type of:
    go away, go forth, leave
    go away from a place
Pronunciation
US
/goʊ aʊt/
UK
/gəʊ aʊt/
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