out to

idiom

: to be determined to
He was out to get revenge.

Examples of out to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But that was all the Rockies would muster against Yamamoto, who stranded two runners in each of the first, third and sixth innings and, with his season-high 101st pitch of the night, got Montero to ground out to shortstop with runners on second and third to end the sixth, preserving a 4-1 lead. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024 Lale Esquivel grounded out to second to push Williams to third. Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024 An inning later, Detmers was again facing the bottom of the Seattle order, needing just one out to escape. Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 1 June 2024 However, the state has determined the system is effective enough to try and roll it out to five other areas in order to expand protection efforts. CYBERSCAMMERS USE AI TO MANIPULATE GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS Siegel noted that the technology will have wider applications than wildlife protection. Peter Aitken, Fox News, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for out to 

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“Out to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20to. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.

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