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go out

verb

  1. to depart from a room, house, country, etc
  2. to cease to illuminate, burn, or function

    the fire has gone out

  3. to cease to be fashionable or popular

    that style went out ages ago!

  4. to become unconscious or fall asleep

    she went out like a light

  5. (of a broadcast) to be transmitted
  6. to go to entertainments, social functions, etc
  7. usually foll bywith or together to associate (with a person of the opposite sex) regularly; date
  8. (of workers) to begin to strike
  9. foll by to to be extended (to)

    our sympathy went out to her on the death of her sister

  10. cards to get rid of the last card, token, etc, in one's hand
  11. go all out
    to make a great effort to achieve or obtain something

    he went all out to pass the exam

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"Where are the future hairdressers going to come from if good, employed salons go out of business?"

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For the brown hairstreak, both charities rely on volunteers going out in the middle of winter to look for tiny, pinhead-sized eggs on twigs using magnifying glasses.

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Pollsters always go out into the country as a president reaches this milestone and the results this time show a floundering administration that's lost the support of a sizeable majority on virtually every issue.

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Self-scramble some breakfast I like going out to breakfast when I’m on the road but, when I’m home, I like to cook for myself.

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“If you go out in nature and just sort of let your eyes go out ahead of you, you’re probably going to see a lizard at some point.”

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