go out

— Phrasal Verb with go

/ɡəʊ/ verb (going, went, gone)

Definition

A1 to leave a place in order to go somewhere else: Are you going out tonight?

B1 If two people go out together, they have a romantic relationship with each other: Tina is going out with Peter.

B1 If a light or something that is burning goes out, it stops producing light or heat: I’m sorry – I let the fire go out.

(Definition of go out from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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