Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as gout, 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb go out of fashion; become unfashionable
  • verb leave the house to go somewhere
  • verb take the field
  • verb date regularly; have a steady relationship with
  • verb move out of or depart from
  • verb become extinguished

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Examples

  • The weather was nothing short of craptacular: I woke up to cold and windy, which changed to warm and breezy, which changed to cold and rainy, which ended up warm and humid by time it was go-out time.

    chicagojo Diary Entry chicagojo 2003

  • Den he leave, and we gits another white man, and he sets up a book, and give us half de next year, and take out for what we use up, but we all got something left over after dat first go-out.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Work Projects Administration

  • They have all the fashion sense of a evening city go-out bag.

    Article Source Toras Coe 2009

  • The concept is, that you can tell in the first 5-minutes if you want to go-out with someone.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • However, I do believe you can tell if you don't want to go-out with someone, in the first 5-minutes.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • The 'go-out' policy will lead to increasing investment overseas from Chinese investors, "argued Hu at Citic.

    FinanceAsia 2010

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