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TO GO OUT

Definition: TO GO OUT

TO GO OUT

1. (a) To issue forth from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition. There are other men fitter to go out than I. --Shak. What went ye out for to see ? --Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9. (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news, fame etc. (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as, the light has gone out. Life itself goes out at thy displeasure. --Addison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO GO OUT

English words defined with "TO GO OUT": Chiltern Hundredsembarrassed, Exeat, Exorbitatehumiliatedinappropriate, incorrectlosemortifiedTo go abraod, To step outwrong. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO GO OUT": Back and EdgeEye of a NeedlegumbyKildare's Holy FaneTorchYezd. (references)
Etymologies containing "TO GO OUT": DeliriumEcbasis, Excess, Exorbitant, Exuperatehadjsortie. (references)

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Modern Usage: TO GO OUT

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Ah, this fella says he needs to go out back for a little private time? (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

Yeah, I used to go out with his sister. (Yellow Submarine; writing credit: Al Brodax; Jack Mendelsohn)

So you want to go out in a final blaze of incompetence? (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

And now I've got to go out there and start dating weights, and I don't even know what dating weights mean, it's all metrics now. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

I want to go out but everything that I own is beige. (The Banger Sisters; writing credit: Bob Dolman)

Lyrics

Time to go out searching for yourself (It Don't Matter To Me; performing artist: Bread)

I used to go out to parties (Got to Give It Up; performing artist: MARVIN GAYE)

You were made to go out and get her (Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney); performing artist: The Beatles)

It's not unusual to go out at any time (It's Not Unusual; performing artist: Tom Jones)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: TO GO OUT

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Waiting for the tide to go out, a fyke net collection. The nets are deployed at high tide and allowed to fish during the tidal cycle, they are retrieved at low tide. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Older destroyers in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, preparing to go out of commission, 5 March 1919. They are, from left to right: USS Lamson (Destroyer # 18); USS Flusser (Destroyer # 20); USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); and USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5). Other ships are in the background. Note depth charge racks, after steering wheels and twin 18-inch torpedo tubes on Lamson and Flusser. Credit: NAVY.

Lynchburg, Virginia. A truck driver at the terminal, waiting to go out. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: TO GO OUT

AuthorQuotation

Theodore Roosevelt

I am hard at work on my message to Congress, and accordingly shall not try to go out or see any one either this afternoon or this evening. All of this work is terribly puzzling at times, but I peg away at it, and every now and then, when the dust clears away and I look around, I feel that I really have accomplished a little, at any rate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: TO GO OUT

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And when, being weary of the ill conduct of Samuel's sons, the children of Israel desired a king, like all the nations to judge them, and to go out before them, and to fight their battles, I. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: TO GO OUT

TitleAuthorQuote

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

At first, Fantine was so much ashamed that she did not dare to go out.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Nearly a hundred people have to go out and wander on the roads for your three dollars a day.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO GO OUT

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

They may be unable to go to social events, to go out to a job, or to travel even short distances. (references)

Business

When the country gets out of its current recession, there will be a large middle class eager to go out on shopping sprees. (references)

It is common for bids not to go out on a public tender, but are sent to select firms that were pre-qualified with the organization in question. (references)

Travel

Azerbaijan

Accordingly, the Embassy advises Americans not to go out alone at night, especially in the early hours of the morning. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: TO GO OUT

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Julie Andrews

Used to have to go into either the subway or I used to have to go out in our garden with a pair of binoculars. Because I could tell the difference between the hum of a rocket and a real airplane.

Russell Yates

It's mostly for me. Anyone that wants to visit the children, wants to know what the children are like or, you know, who knew the children, who want to go out there and have like, you know, a pseudo visit, I guess.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: TO GO OUT

Expression using "TO GO OUT": permission to go out. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO GO OUT

Language Translations for "TO GO OUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

出口 (to exit, to export, to speak), (to come out, to go beyond, to happen, to occur, to produce, to put forth, to rise). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitgaan (come to an end, end, end up, exit, expire, go out). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

olin juuri menossa ulos (I was just about to go out). (various references)

   

German

  

hinausgehen (exit, give on to, go out, lead out, step out, walk out). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

társaságba jár (he will go places, to mix in society), sztrájkba lép (down tools, go on strike, to come out on strike, to go on strike, to strike work, to walk out), szórakozni megy, kimegy (go out, pass out, to pass out, to sally forth, to walk out). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

消える (to disappear, to vanish). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きえる (to disappear, to vanish), でかける (to be going out, to depart, to set out, to start), であるく (to go about, to take a stroll). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ogay outay

   

Portuguese

  

sair (back off, depart, draw out, exit, flit, get off, get out, go out, issue, leave, move away, move out, pull out, take off, to come out, to get out, tumble). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

sair (to get out). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

sortir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO GO OUT

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

1. ed. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

egredior, egredior, egressus, evado, procedo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: TO GO OUT

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 4, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKeleusanteV de autouV exw tou sunedriou apelqein sunebalon proV allhlouV
Latin405VulgateIusserunt autem eos foras extra concilium secedere et conferebant ad invicem
Middle English1395WyclifBut thei comaundiden hem to go forth with out the counsel. And thei spaken togidere,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBut they comaunded them to go a syde out of the counsell and counceled amoge them selves
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
Victorian English1833WebsterBut when they had commanded them to withdraw from the council, they conferred among themselves,
Basic English1964OgdenBut when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: TO GO OUT

LanguageActs Chapter 4, Verse 15
AlbanianDhe, mbasi i urdhëruan të dalin jashtë sinedrit, u konsultuan me njëri tjetrin,
Cebuano¶ Apan sa nakasugo na sila kanila sa paggula sa Sanhedrin, sila nagsultihanay tali sa ilang kaugalingon,
Chinese於 是 吩 ' 他 們 從 公 會 出 去 、 就 彼 此 商 議 說 、
CroatianStoga zapovjediše da izaðu iz vijeænice pa stadoše raspravljati:
DanishMen de bøde dem at træde ud fra Rådet og rådførte sig med hverandre og sagde:
DutchEn hun geboden hebbende uit te gaan buiten den raad, overlegden zij met elkander,
Finnishvaan käskettyään heidän astua ulos neuvostosta he pitivät keskenänsä neuvoa
FrenchIls leur ordonnèrent de sortir du sanhédrin, et ils délibérèrent entre eux, disant: Que ferons-nous ces hommes?
GermanDa hießen sie sie hinausgehen aus dem Rat und handelten miteinander und sprachen:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMaka mereka menyuruh kedua rasul itu keluar dari ruang sidang, kemudian mereka berunding.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSetelah sudah disuruhnya keluar keduanya itu daripada Majelis, lalu berundinglah mereka itu sama sendiri,
ItalianLi fecero uscire dal sinedrio e si misero a consultarsi fra loro dicendo:
Maori¶ Na ka tono ratou i a raua kia haere i waho o te runanga, a ka korerorero ki a ratou ano,
NorwegianDe bød dem da gå ut fra rådet, og de rådførte sig med hverandre og sa:
PortugueseTodavia, mandando-os sair do sinédrio, conferenciaram entre si,   
RumanianLe-au poruncit doar sq iasq afarq din Sobor, s`au sfqtuit kntre ei,
Shuar¶ Tuma ásar, iik nuamtak áujmatsatai tusar, Pítrusha Juansha shutuapsha aa awemartai, tiarmiayi.
SpanishEntonces les mandaron que saliesen fuera del Sanedrín y deliberaban entre sí,
SwahiliHivyo, waliwaamuru watoke nje ya baraza, nao wakabaki ndani wakizungumza kwa faragha.
SwedishDe befallde dem alltså att gå ut från rådsförsamlingen. Sedan överlade de med varandra
Uma¶ Toe pai' rapopalai-ra ulu suro Pue' Yesus toera ngkai porumpua-ra, pai' -ra mohawa',

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: TO GO OUT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-o-o-o-t-t-u"

-2 letters: outgo.

-3 letters: gout, otto, toot, tout.

-4 letters: goo, got, gut, oot, out, tog, too, tot, tug, tut.

-5 letters: go, to, ut.

 Words containing the letters "g-o-o-o-t-t-u"
 

+3 letters: outfooting, outrooting.

 

+4 letters: outshooting, tautologous.

 

+5 letters: thoroughwort.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO GO OUT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      47 4F      4F 55 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000111 01001111 00100000 01001111 01010101 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#71 &#79 &#32 &#79 &#85 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0047 004F      004F 0055 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449241492495554

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Expressions
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Bible Trace
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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