out to

idiom

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

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Rowan is also a big country music fan and enjoys jamming out to his favorite tunes. Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025 At America First Field in Utah, the Reign (6-4-3) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Theo Lloyd-Hughes, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025 Austin got the ball in the post and kicked it out to Citron for a wide open tiebreaking corner 3 with 12.2 seconds remaining. Staff and Wire Reports, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025 And that's what the president has set us out to do. ABC News, 22 June 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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