go out

sortir

Quitter la maison pour se divertir ou voir du monde, par exemple au restaurant, au cinéma ou en boîte.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you leave home to enjoy yourself in places such as restaurants, cinemas, or clubs.

• We go out every Friday.
• They went out for dinner yesterday.
• Would you like to go out with us tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : go out for something (We are going out for a meal.); go out with someone (She goes out with her friends on Fridays.); go out doing something (They went out dancing last night.)

Contraires : stay in

Expressions courantes : go out for dinner, go out with friends, go out dancing

sortir

Quitter un bâtiment ou passer d’un espace intérieur à l’extérieur.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you leave a building or move into an outside space.

• He went out into the garden.
• Please go out through that door.
• Did anyone see her go out of the building?

Comment l'utiliser : go out of something (She went out of the room quietly.); go out through something (Please go out through the side door.)

Synonymes : leave, exit

Contraires : come in

Expressions courantes : go out the door, go out into rain, go out into sunlight

s’éteindre

Cesser d’éclairer, pour une lumière, ou de brûler, pour un feu.

En anglais simple : If a light or fire does this, it stops shining or burning.

• The candle went out.
• All the lights went out during the storm.
• Will the fire go out if we leave it?

Synonymes : die out, be extinguished

Expressions courantes : lights go out, candles go out, go out suddenly

être éliminé

Perdre dans une compétition et ne plus pouvoir y participer.

En anglais simple : If a player or team does this, they lose and cannot continue in a competition.

• Our team went out early.
• She went out in the second round.
• Did they go out of the cup on penalties?

Comment l'utiliser : go out of something (They went out of the tournament yesterday.); go out in + round (Our team went out in the first round.); go out to someone (They went out to last year’s champions.)

Synonymes : be eliminated, be knocked out

Contraires : advance

Expressions courantes : go out on penalties, go out early

disparaître, s’évanouir

Disparaître, pour une qualité présente chez quelqu’un, dans une voix, une situation ou une activité.

En anglais simple : If a quality does this, it disappears from a person, voice, situation, or activity.

• The anger went out of her voice.
• All the excitement had gone out of the campaign.
• His confidence seemed to go out of him after that mistake.

Comment l'utiliser : something goes out of someone/something (All the warmth went out of his voice.)

Synonymes : disappear, fade, drain away

Expressions courantes : go out of someone, go out of something

perdre connaissance

Devenir inconscient et ne plus percevoir ce qui se passe ni pouvoir réagir.

En anglais simple : If someone does this, they become unable to see, hear, or respond because they are unconscious.

• He went out after the punch.
• The boxer went out cold and fell to the floor.
• She went out for a few seconds after hitting her head.

Synonymes : pass out, lose consciousness

Contraires : come round

Expressions courantes : go out cold, go out completely