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as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
there was concern that the dam would go out under the force of the flood waters
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Recent Examples of go out
The inbound pass went out of bounds and Albany was initially ruled to have retained possession.
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Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
The Blue Devils had the final possession, and after a Taina Mair corner three-pointer miss went out of bounds off LSU, Ashlon Jackson heaved a final three-point attempt that spiraled into the net.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
With limited funds provided to them this winter, the front office couldn’t go out and make a big closer splash.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
Say yes to experimentation and going out on a limb!
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
The Blue Devils had the final possession, and after a Taina Mair corner three-pointer miss went out of bounds off LSU, Ashlon Jackson heaved a final three-point attempt that spiraled into the net.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
With limited funds provided to them this winter, the front office couldn’t go out and make a big closer splash.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
Say yes to experimentation and going out on a limb!
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go out
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Regional sports networks that handled the technical know-how of producing and distributing games across a home team’s market have largely collapsed.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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How the deal collapsed Thune had a deal with Democratic senators after negotiating for weeks on their demands for new restrictions on the department’s immigration enforcement work.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Check subscriptions, compare a few price quotes, and choose quality over clutter, especially if your budget talks keep getting delayed or mixed between emails and texts.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Add one fourth of meringue and mix until incorporated.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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Could a straighter road make cars go faster?—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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This distinction was missing both from popular discourse, the academics felt, and from an influential definition of antisemitism associated with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, which lists numerous examples of antisemitism related to criticism of Israel.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Berseth did not respond to a phone message or to an email or letter sent to addresses apparently associated with her.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Bar Tab Taran Dugal mingles at a West Village art-salon-cocktail-lounge.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Zangara, who had purchased the pistol for $8 at a local pawnshop, mingled among a record crowd of 25,000 people who had come to catch a glimpse of the famed FDR.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Go out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20out. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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