1
as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
there was concern that the dam would go out under the force of the flood waters
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2
as in to mix
to take part in social activities
she enjoys going out on weekends, but during the week she's a homebody
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Recent Examples of go out
Football in various countries has almost gone out of its way to impose such restrictions as a means to nurture or develop local talent.
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Colin Millar, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Get out from behind your desk and go out to meet people and talk to them.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
In New York, there was this amazing art store called Pearl Paint on Canal Street that sadly went out of business.
—Kei Lim
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
There’s a fire here that’s never gone out, it’s just been ignored.
—Gregory Johnson, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
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Colin Millar, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Get out from behind your desk and go out to meet people and talk to them.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
In New York, there was this amazing art store called Pearl Paint on Canal Street that sadly went out of business.
—Kei Lim
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
There’s a fire here that’s never gone out, it’s just been ignored.
—Gregory Johnson, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go out
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When stress hit, the house of cards collapsed, and failures cascaded like dominoes, wiping out billions in customer funds.—
Roomy Khan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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That’s how a building managed to go without a critical earthquake retrofit for more than a century before its brick walls collapsed in 2003.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Recipe Tips For Pontoon Dip Room temperature cream cheese is easier to mix into cool mayonnaise and sour cream.—
Marianne Williams,
Southern Living,
25 June 2025
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Six bartenders were asked to mix certain cocktails in a bid to beat the robotic system in a taste-test challenge.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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As the story goes, Jackson Pollock stepped onto a canvas in 1947, drizzled some paint here and there, and God reached a bony finger down from the heavens and pressed it upon the scale of art history, tilting it from Europe to the United States.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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The transponders onboard Relay 2 stopped responding to radio signals in June 1967, after which point the satellite went silent—until last June.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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For years, Gotham supporters mingled freely with players before and after matches and around practice sessions.—
Lee Igel,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Join to mingle with fellow tutors and explore different learning manipulatives.—
Jake Richardson,
Mercury News,
23 June 2025
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“Go out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20out. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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