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day out

day out noun: an excursion, returning home on the same day.

Noun

day out (plural days out)

  1. (idiomatic) An excursion, returning home on the same day.
    • A visit to the Science Museum in London will be a day out to remember.
    • My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68

Forms of day out

pluraldays out

Questions about day out

What does day out mean?
Day out means an excursion, returning home on the same day.
What part of speech is day out?
Day out is a noun.
What is the plural of day out?
The plural of day out is days out.

Words near day out in the dictionary

  1. day off
  2. day one
  3. day or night
  4. day order
  5. day orders
  6. day out
  7. day pack
  8. day packs
  9. day pupil
  10. day pupils
  11. day release

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