to go out
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3.5
- phrasal verb
- /ɡoʊ aʊt/
:
pasar de moda
- And when corsets began to go out of fashion, it was in large part because new ideals of beauty came in.
- go out of fashion
I think that being miserable is going out of style.
- I think that being miserable is going out of style.
- So I have two of these and they kind of have these leaf prints on which never really go out of fashion, do they?
- Whereas Chanel's over here raising their prices like it's going out of style, they might be going out of style.
Examples
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But with the onset of the Depression, he saw modernistic commercial photography go out of fashion.
Academic text (2004) -
But you know what it's like these Don things go out of fashion in in two years.
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If they avoid the new technology, they may even go out of business.
Blog text (29) -
I regret that some of these seem to have gone out of fashion.
Academic text (1991) -
Let's face it, humility never goes out of style.
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Many trends come and go, but this style never seems to go out of fashion.
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The bright colors of those shoes made them seem like they would go out of style quickly.
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When last year's designs go out of fashion, people often look for something more current.
Antonyms
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'go' (move) and 'out' (away/outside) transparently suggest leaving home to socialize, which gives a plausible clue to a social/romantic activity. However, the specific conventionalized sense 'to date someone regularly' is an extended, culture-specific usage that is not fully predictable from the parts and typically requires prior exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Go out for fashion is like a style walking out of the room where people meet; when a style goes out, it leaves the common view and people stop wearing it, so go out means 'to stop being fashionable'.