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🚶 To leave for a task 🍽️ To leave socially 💑 To date 💡 To stop shining 👗 To become unfashionable
to go out

to go out

740 2.4
Date someone regularly
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡoʊ aʊt/
translation icon : salir con
  • This girl you went out with, she works with my wife.
  • go out with a man

It would be great if we went out on more dates.

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Examples

  • Hey, do you want to go out sometime?

    American Royalty (2022)

  • Look, I know you think I'm really hot too and you want to go out with me after work and get a drink.

    Grandma's Boy (2006)

  • There was no way I would agree to go out with that girl.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • "Dad," she said, "have you gone out with anyone else while you and Mom have been married?"

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Still can't believe you went out with her!

    Back to Black (2024)

  • "He's been trying to get me to go out with him for three months now.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • It would be great if we went out on more dates.

    The Diary Of A CEO

  • And Lydia agreed to go out with a perfect stranger.

    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

  • He terrorizes any guy I go out with.

    Marvin's Room (1996)

  • Would you like to go out with me this weekend?

Synonyms

to see
vsto go out
  • Informal
∞ 1.0

To have a romantic relationship with someone

is regular romantic meetings rather than general social visits or casual meetings
to date
vsto go out
∞ 1.3

To go out with someone in a romantic way

is regular romantic meetings that happen repeatedly rather than once
to go steady
vsto go out
  • Archaic
19 6.0

To have a regular romantic relationship with just one person

is regular romantic involvement without requiring exclusivity or commitment

Antonyms

to break up
  • Informal
678 2.6

End a relationship with someone, for example a romantic or business partner

How Serious

to marry
∞ 1.0
to go out
740 2.4
to see
  • Informal
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

go out infinitive
going out present participle
goes out third person singular
went out past
gone out past participle

Morphology

go + out

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 dating comes from the picture of two people leaving their homes together to visit dances or parties; they would go out as a pair, so go out means 'to date someone'.