out to

idiom

: to be determined to
He was out to get revenge.

Examples of out to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His play in the first inning kept it from being two-on and no-one out to start the game. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024 As some of us rested, others took turns reporting and venturing out to document the encampment on the lawn. Hoda Sherif, TIME, 10 May 2024 The minimum wage pencils out to about $33,000 a year, and the average cost of living in California is about $53,082 annually, according to recent federal data. Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024 The short clip finds Thing hauling a wheelbarrow full of scripts down a long hallway and dishing them out to the show’s returning and new cast members. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024 She’s set to wrap her LatAm trek on May 10 in Brazil before heading out to Europe for several tour dates there. Griselda Flores, Billboard, 6 May 2024 Despite its modern framing device as a purely fictional fairytale, The Princess Bride is a sincere fantasy adventure, complete with a heroic farmhand (Cary Elwes) out to save a beautiful princess (Robin Wright) from a royal drip (Chris Sarandon). Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2024 The appearance followed an allegation a day earlier from a female executive producer on a TV series produced by the Weinstein Co. Producer Amanda Segel told Variety that Bob Weinstein repeatedly made unwanted romantic overtures toward her, including asking her out to dinner. Chris Francescani, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024 In the bottom of the sixth, Rojas led off with a walk and Breanna Rodriguez singled with one out to put runners at first and second for the Panthers. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2024

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“Out to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20to. Accessed 15 May. 2024.

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