Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.34 in modern English

Syllables: out- -to
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

intending to (do a specified action)

phrase

Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually before a stated or future event) (synonym of "out from")

Informal

Example Sentences

"Jack is out to get you. You'd better hide."
"The boy who saved a stranger wasn't out to make headlines: he was just being a Good Samaritan."
"This company doesn't care about its customers: it's just out to make a profit."
"We are out to make big money this time and Bronsky will be useful. He can give us facilities for getting the stuff away and for putting it about on a scale that no one else could offer."
"Five weeks out to my birthday!"

Usage

Informal

Phrases

out to get someone out to lunch

Frequently Paired Words

out to lunch

Synonyms

bent bent on dead set

Questions

What does out to mean?: intending to (do a specified action)

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