to going out
61
1.4
- phrasal verb
- Peter had left a message on the machine, saying that he was going out with friends to play music.
- going out with friends
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Watch on YouTubeLater, a group of us went out and had dinner that night.
- Later, a group of us went out and had dinner that night.
- I'm just saying friends, a lot partying, going out, you know, drinking.
- So they're going out clubbing, they're not taking you.
- I've got a morning in Manhattan before going out to the house where it's happening.
- Instead of drinking, consider going out on a nature walk, right?
- But today is my first day like going out, like going out out.
- We were where we're going out multiple, multiple times a week.
- But the people in one month, they've been going out few times a week.
- I, I don't think that she's just going out there winging it.
- And then after that, I have to go out because I just, you can't.
Examples
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Later, a group of us went out and had dinner that night.
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Mom, are you planning on going out today?
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And then after that we are going out to eat.
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I forgot we were going out tonight.
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Are you all going out today?
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Are you going out in this weather?
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So today, Jackson and I are going out to a new thing.
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So Mom and I are going out to the theater tonight.
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Gabby signed up for the easiest classes she could and managed to go out almost every night.
Fiction book (1990) -
Are you going out to the restaurant with us tonight?
Synonyms
376
1.0
Leave your home to do something social, for example eat with friends
249
2.5
To leave a place to start a trip
232
2.3
Leave a room or building briefly
Antonyms
How Social
- Informal
3
6.9
- Informal
512
3.0
61
1.4
- US
62
2.8
232
2.3
493
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The basic sense 'leaving home' is directly derivable from 'going' (moving/leaving) + 'out' (away from inside), so a B1 learner who knows both words will grasp the core meaning. However, the stronger pragmatic/social nuance of 'going out' (i.e. leaving specifically to socialize or attend events) is an extended/idiomatic inference not fully predictable from the parts, so the expression is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Going out comes from the simple image of going out through your front door into the street to meet other people or visit places. So it means 'leaving home' to take part in 'social activities' like dinner, parties, or visits.