to go out for

Examples

• All

• - Can we go out for breakfast?

  Legal Eagles (1986)

• You guys all have to change because we're going out for dinner.

  Parental Guidance (2012)

• Think of going out for a nice lunch date with a friend.

  Chris Williamson

• After that, we went out for lunch and then we got some ice cream.

• Then I heard her little voice say, "Mom, how about if we go out for lunch?"

  Academic text (2004)

• On the last night of the old year, I went out for a walk with a woman friend.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Maybe we could go out for a meal, yeah?

  A Few Best Men (2011)

• We used to play cards or go out for a beer when we were on shore.

  Academic text (2005)

• What do you say we go out for a late-night dinner right now?

  Two for the Money (2005)

• In the early evening, we went out for a walk in the kibbutz grounds.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

G

to go to

vsto go out for

∞ 1.0

To attend an event such as a meeting or class

involves leaving home specifically to take part in informal social activities

G

to go out

vsto go out for

893 1.0

Leave your home to do something social, for example eat with friends

focuses specifically on leaving one's home to join social activities rather than any building

G

to going out

vsto go out for

188 1.4

To leave your home to spend time with others, for example at a party or restaurant

has the same meaning but is used to name a specific purpose

H

to head out

vsto go out for

167 2.5

To leave a place to start a trip

means leaving home to join a social activity rather than travel

Antonyms

S

to stay home

336 1.0

Be at home and not go out

How Social

to attend

∞ 1.7

to go out for

111 1.6

to pop out

• Informal

16 3.2

to stay home

336 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology