out West

idiom

variants or out west

US, informal

: in or to the western part of a country or region

He headed out west after he graduated.

Examples of out West in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Thursday morning, the storm system that is expected to affect the East Coast was out West, bringing a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to the central and southern Rockies. —Edward Shaw, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2024

Meanwhile, the apparent shift out West comes as Gov. Greg Abbott contends with Biden on the issue, saying Texas will enforce immigration laws within its borders in the absence of federal enforcement. —Griff Jenkins, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2024

Decades ago, Engle fled an unstable home in Pennsylvania and ended up with her dad out West, attending Carlsbad High School. —Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024

Barrow is an outsider, an orphan from one of the Native American orphanages out West. —Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024

Despite the setback, Seattle is one of six teams headed into Wednesday night separated by five points for the two wild-card playoff spots out West. —Tim Booth, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024

The Lightning — in that second-wild card spot — are at LCA on Jan. 21, and the Dallas Stars, who are third i the Central Division out West, visit Jan. 23. —Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024

Folks in the Northeast are more likely to own a garlic press than the rest of us, while chopsticks are more popular out West. —Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023

Decades before the gold rush drew fortune seekers out West, Red Rock was inhabited by Russian fur traders who plundered the sea otter population in the early 1800s. —Heather Knight, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023