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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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Recent Examples of go out
Former Democratic White House nominee John Kerry also frequently got himself in trouble by going out on hunting expeditions attempting to connect to gun owners and hunters.
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Ryan threw five innings and gave up a one run — a home run to Jonathan Aranda — against the Tampa Bay Rays and followed that up by going out to the bullpen to get in some extra work.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Nobility never went out of fashion.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
Typically about a third is paid back to the main insurance company in the form of commissions, which would leave at least $18 million going out the door.
—Scott Pham, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Ryan threw five innings and gave up a one run — a home run to Jonathan Aranda — against the Tampa Bay Rays and followed that up by going out to the bullpen to get in some extra work.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Nobility never went out of fashion.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
Typically about a third is paid back to the main insurance company in the form of commissions, which would leave at least $18 million going out the door.
—Scott Pham, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go out
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Rescue workers said the direct hit in Arad caused widespread damage across at least 10 apartment buildings, three of them badly damaged and in danger of collapsing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Officials said parts of the original bypass structure — built to manage Barton Creek flow — had eroded for decades, creating the potential for sections to collapse into the pool.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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At times, the ideological beliefs of some militants were mixed with financial opportunism, a motivation shared also by some politicians and military officers.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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There’s a rule in quantum physics that all identical quantum states are indistinguishable from one another, and that enables them to mix together.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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Having faced Big Ten physicality all season, first-year Iowa coach Ben McCollum’s team went toe to toe with Florida’s punishing front court.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Part of the money will also go toward expansion of Philander Smith's health education facilities, including space for soon-to-be radiologists and phlebotomists.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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About 93% of 35,000 villages, towns and cities selected their mayors in the first round last week, with mostly one or two candidates, not associated with any party, competing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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By then, Pahlavi was surrounded by a younger entourage of analysts and advisers, some of whom were brash figures once associated with the country’s reformist student movement.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Bar Tab Taran Dugal mingles at a West Village art-salon-cocktail-lounge.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Zangara, who had purchased the pistol for $8 at a local pawnshop, mingled among a record crowd of 25,000 people who had come to catch a glimpse of the famed FDR.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Go out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20out. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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