go out for

go out for (something)

1. To try to become a participant in something; to try out for something. I hear Tim's going out for the football team this year! A: "I thought you were going out for the baseball team this year." B: "That was the plan, until I broke my foot." I'm planning to go out for the basketball team, so I need to practice every day this summer.

2. To go some place to eat a particular kind of food. I don't feel like cooking, let's go out for Chinese tonight instead. The kids were thrilled when I told them we could go out for pizza. Shelby will be happy as long as we go out for ice cream on her birthday.

See also: for, go, out

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

go out for someone or something

to leave in order to bring back someone or something. Albert just went out for a newspaper. Fran went out for Bob, who was on the back porch, smoking a cigarette.

See also: for, go, out

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

go out for

Seek to become a participant in, as in I'm going out for soccer. [First half of 1900s] Also see go for, def. 3; go in for, def. 2.

See also: for, go, out

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.