out to

phrase

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

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McAuley then raced out to a 10-2 lead in the third game, but the Trojans rallied to take a 20-19 advantage. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Formal letters are going out to New York University, Columbia University, CUNY and Fordham University, among others, according to a Council spokesperson. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026 The result, the Federated Data Platform (FDP), is powered by Palantir’s Foundry software and loaned out to NHS teams to build applications, coordinate patient records, schedule procedures and reduce waiting lists. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 10 Nov. 2026 They were photographed together both at a bar with other suppliers and then also out to dinner with some other executives. — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 9 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for out to

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“Out to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20to. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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