go out for
phr. v..phr. v.. to leave your home to do a specific activity, usually for fun or to eat.
phr. v.. to depart from one's residence for the purpose of engaging in a specific social activity or meal; often used with a gerund or a noun phrase.
Let's go out for dinner tonight.
They usually go out for a walk in the park after they finish work.
The department decided to go out for drinks to celebrate the successful completion of the quarterly audit.
- Particles
- out for
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- go + out + for + object
commonly followed by nouns like 'dinner', 'drinks', 'coffee', or 'a walk'.
contrast with 'go out' (general socialising) by highlighting that 'for' introduces the specific purpose or destination of the trip.
We go out for eat.We go out for a meal.the preposition 'for' must be followed by a noun or a gerund, not a base verb.