Verb
(third-person singular simple present goes out, present participle going out, simple past went out, past participle gone out)
- (intransitive) To leave, especially a building.
- Please go out through the back door.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places.
- They were going to stay in and read, but instead went out shopping.
- After going to Joan's for dinner, they went out.
- (intransitive) To be eliminated from a competition.
- Our team went out in the third round.
- (intransitive) To be turned off or extinguished.
- The lights went out.
- (intransitive) To become extinct, to expire.
- (intransitive, card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (intransitive) To become out of fashion.
- He thought Nehru jackets went out in the late seventies.
- (intransitive, of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates.
- They've been going out for three years now, but still live apart.
- (with with) To have a romantic relationship with someone.
- Jack's been going out with Susan for three weeks now.
- Do you think she will go out with anyone this year?
- (colloquial) To fail.
- I'd like to help clear the field, but my knee went out on me.
Noun
(plural go-outs)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
