go out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ go )
1 . LEAVE YOUR HOUSE to leave your house, especially in order to enjoy yourself:
Are you going out tonight?
go out for
We went out for a meal and then on to a movie.
go out doing something
Liam goes out drinking every Friday.
go out to do something
Can I go out to play now?
go out and do something
You should go out and get some fresh air.
2 . RELATIONSHIP to have a romantic relationship with someone:
They’ve been going out for two years now.
go out with
Tina used to go out with my brother.
go out together
How long have you been going out together?
3 . FIRE/LIGHT to stop burning or shining:
Suddenly the candle went out.
4 . TV/RADIO British English to be broadcast on television or radio:
The programme goes out live at 5 o'clock on Mondays.
5 . BE SENT to be sent:
A copy of the instructions should go out with the equipment.
The magazine goes out to all members at the end of the month.
6 . GAME/SPORT to stop playing in a competition because you have lost a game:
He went out in the first round.
7 . MOVE ABROAD to travel to another country in order to live and work there
go out to
They are looking for nurses to go out to Saudi Arabia.
8 . NO LONGER FASHIONABLE to stop being fashionable or used:
Hats like that went out years ago.
This kind of entertainment went out with the ark (=is very old-fashioned) .
9 . SEA when the ↑ tide goes out, the sea moves away from the land OPP come in
10 . MAKE PUBLIC if news or a message goes out, it is officially announced to everyone:
The appeal went out for food and medicines.
11 . your heart/thoughts go out to somebody used to say that you feel sympathy for someone and are thinking about them:
Our hearts go out to the victim’s family.
12 . TIME [always + adverb/preposition] literary to end:
March went out with high winds and rain.