out to

idiom

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

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The council had already rejected Allied once before, months earlier, over settlements — including back wages — that the company has had to pay out to current and former employees. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025 On a dark, drizzling January evening in 2014, Alyssa Gehman headed out to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state to catch the midnight tide. JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025 Nearly seven minutes later, Dean scored from four yards out to cap a 13-play, 67-yard drive that included a 28-yard dash by Jeremiah Lebbi and cut the Cougars’ deficit to 17-9. Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 Spotify’s blog post didn’t specify whether the development would be opt-in or opt-out to determine training permissions. Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025 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 18 Oct. 2025.

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