going out

Verb

go out (third-person singular simple present goes out, present participle going out, simple past went out, past participle gone out)

1. (intransitive) To leave, especially a building.
   • Please go out through the back door.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
   • They were going to stay in and read, but instead went out shopping.

   Antonyms:

   stay in

3. (intransitive) To be eliminated from a competition.
   • Our team went out in the third round.
4. (intransitive) To be turned off or extinguished.
   • The lights went out while I was taking a shower.
5. (intransitive) To go unconscious; to pass out.
   • When I hit him, he hit the floor and went out.
6. (intransitive) To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
   • All the fizz has already gone out of the election campaign.

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