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on the town

Definition

enjoying yourself by going to places of entertainment in a town or city: I was out on the town/I had a night on the town last night, and I'm exhausted!Celebrating and entertaining
(Definition of on the town from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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