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go out

(RELATIONSHIP) phrasal verb with go
 
/ɡəʊ/
 
US  /ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

B1 to have a romantic and usually sexual relationship with someone: How long have you been going out with him? They'd been going out (together/with each other) for almost five years before he moved in with her.Marriage, cohabitation and other relationships
(Definition of go out (RELATIONSHIP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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