"out to" meaning in English

See out to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} out to
  1. intending to (do a specified action) Derived forms: out to get someone Related terms: out to lunch

Download JSON data for out to meaning in English (1.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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