GONE OUT Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

gone out

verb

past participle of go out

as in collapsed

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 mixed

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 gone out Shapiro, meanwhile, keeps a busy public schedule, and has gone out of his way to appear at high-profile, non-political events like football games, a NASCAR race and onstage at a Roots concert in Philadelphia. —

CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026 The light, indeed, has gone out. —

Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025 Sherfield has gone out of his way to take Bryant under his wing in part because Bryant was a college teammate of Caleb Griffin, who grew up in Sherfield’s hometown of Danville, Illinois. —

Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025 After the fires had gone out, the bodies were removed from the crosses, and the dead had been buried, Herod Antipas was able to reestablish an orderly rule. —

Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025 Historically, Social Security checks have gone out on time during all 20 shutdowns since 1976. —

Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 In another incident in 2013 or 2014, Combs allegedly drove to a set where Ventura was filming a music video and attacked Nash again, fuming over his discovery that Nash and Ventura had gone out to dinner the night before. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025 The lights, quite literally, have gone out on the island. —

Andres Oppenheimer september 17, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025 Residents of a house had gone out that morning to find their car blocked in the driveway by an unusual and exotic car parked behind it. —

Laura Lane, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025

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But after leading by as many as nine in the first half, the Heat collapsed in the second half, and the result was a third consecutive double-digit loss.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
The man then fled from the scene on foot but collapsed at the intersection of Avenue L and Bishop Street.

— Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026