2 outsideOUT/OUTSIDE not inside a building SYN outside Many of the homeless have been sleeping out for years. Children were out playing in the snow.

out-and-out · out-and-outˌout-and-ˈout adjective [only before noun] · COMPLETEused to emphasize that someone is definitely a particular kind of person or thing ...

1 if an event or situation is played out or plays itself out, it happens It will be interesting to see how the election plays itself out.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget out phrasal verb1 leave to leave a room or building You ought to get out into the fresh air.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgo out phrasal verb1 leave your houseSOCIALIZE to leave your house, especially in order to enjoy yourself Are ...

2 be/feel left outREJECT/NOT ACCEPT to feel that you are not accepted or welcome in a situation New fathers often feel left out when baby arrives.

phrasal verb to decide not to do something that you had promised to do. It's too late to back out now. After you've signed the contract, it will be impossible ...

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtry something ↔ out phrasal verb1 TEST/EXPERIMENTto test something such as a method or a piece of equipment ...

5 take somebody/something ↔ out informalDESTROYKILL to kill someone or destroy something The building was taken out by a bomb.

1 to begin happening or existing in a particular way, especially when this changes later as 'The Star' started out as a small weekly newspaper.