GOING OUT Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

going out

verb

present participle of go out

as in collapsing

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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as in mixing

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 going out De Silva recalled going out with Craig for her 45th birthday. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 Review your income and expenses Setting a realistic savings goal starts with taking an honest look at what’s coming in and what’s going out. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 On Tuesday, hundreds of activists gathered at a marina in Gosport, near Portsmouth, as Thomas filmed himself going out to sea to try to intercept a dinghy carrying dozens of migrants across the Channel from France. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 With money in our pockets, Gilda and I started going out for dinners at a chic restaurant in the Windsor Arms Hotel called Three Small Rooms. — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 Coffee, movement and recovery supply some of the rituals people associate with going out, like having a drink in hand, doing something together and meeting new people, without making alcohol the center of the event. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 The infrastructure is already suffering with vendors going out of business and crewmembers quitting. — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 The air coming back in is more spread out than the air going out, and this imbalance is what produces the pushing force, or thrust, needed to move an object. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026 By going out to dinner at one of the hottest spots in town, of course. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

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The possibility -- even likelihood -- of some rickety old thing collapsing under me never occurred to me.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Whether Merz can stabilize his chancellorship and prevent his reform program from collapsing midstream is a question whose outcome may soon become clear.

— , CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of collapsing

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The Morrison critique — that bottlenecks come from mixing prep, cook and clean activities in the same square foot — is pushing designers to treat the room as a cluster of task zones rather than one open space.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Research has shown that mixing ketamine with other substances such as alcohol can be dangerous, potentially leading to problems including respiratory depression, where breathing becomes dangerously slow or shallow.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of mixing

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Thick fringe folded over the front of her face, mingling with her spider-leg lashes, which brushed the bottom of her brows.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
In his bedroom, there was a photo of him mingling with Princess Di at a party, and another of him at Princeton sitting next to none other than Albert Einstein.

— Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of mingling

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But many homeowners locked in low mortgage rates when COVID-19 slammed the economy and sent borrowing costs tumbling; so they are protected if mortgage rates rise in the wake of a Fed raTte hike.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
By the end of the 1978-79 season, Charlie’s Angels had dropped out of the top 10, tumbling from fourth to 12th.

— Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of tumbling

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King’s reaction, and the way the media was reporting on the verdict, revealed an unseemly form of racial stereotyping, associating a particular moral or legal position with being Black.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
The web now contains one more independent page associating that company with a particular problem, category or use case.

— Mat Golubovic, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of associating

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But Mulderrig’s red Harley-Davidson Sportster slammed into the rear passenger side of Oates’ Cadillac, crumpling the back corner and twisting the wheel out of shape.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Euphoric players cavorting in disbelief, long-suffering fans crumpling to their knees in tears, commentators’ voices cracking at the drama of it all.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of crumpling

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