go outとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

go out (三人称単数 現在形 goes out, 現在分詞 going out, 過去形 went out, 過去分詞 gone out)

1. (intransitive) To leave, especially a building.

   Please go out through the back door.

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.

   Antonym: stay in

   They were going to stay in and read, but instead went out shopping.

   On their first date they went out to dinner at a restaurant.

   Let's go out tonight and have some fun!

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 8:5:

     A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

3. (intransitive) To be eliminated from a competition.

   Our team went out in the third round.

4. (intransitive) To be turned off or extinguished.

   The lights went out.

5. (intransitive) To become extinct, to expire.
   • 1922, Alfred Edward Housman, XXVIII, lines 3-4

     And cold the poor man lies at night, / And so goes out the year.

6. (intransitive, card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.

   Leon made two canastas, then went out by melding treys.

7. (intransitive) To pass out of fashion.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:

     And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

   Antonym: come in

   He thought Nehru jackets went out in the late seventies.

8. (intransitive, of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.

   They've been going out for three years now, but still live apart.

   Jack and Susan are going out.

9. (intransitive, with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).

   Do you think she will go out with anyone this year?

   • 1978 Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out with Him?
10. (colloquial) To fail.

    I'd like to help clear the field, but my knee went out on me.

11. (intransitive, with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).

    Thank you for introducing us to your new album. Which song should we go out on?

12. (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.

    Antonym: come in

13. (usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.

    Our thoughts and prayers go out to those afflicted by the tragedy.

    My heart went out to her, but there was nothing I could do.

14. (intransitive) To die.

    As much as you may want to plan your funeral, you can't control when you go out.

15. (obsolete) To take part in a duel (with). [17th–19th c.]
    • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 10:

      He went out at the first hint with the Neapolitan, and, being an admirable swordsman, wounded and disarmed him […] .

    • 1890, Cornhill Magazine, December, p. 626:

      He must go out or be under a social ban. Out they go accordingly, and the trained pistol-shot kills his civilian opponent.

同意語

• (have a romantic relationship): date; see also Thesaurus:date

名詞

go-out (複数形 go-outs)

1. A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters when the tide is out.