drink out
B1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
Go to a bar or pub to have drinks instead of drinking at home.
Literal meaning: To drink outside of a place, i.e., out of the home.
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To go to a bar, pub, or restaurant to drink, rather than drinking at home.
"We don't usually drink out on weeknights, but we made an exception to celebrate her promotion."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B2 informal
To drain all the liquid from a container, leaving it empty.
"The dog had drunk the bowl out before we even got back from the shops."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Common in British English. Often used in social planning contexts. Less frequently used than 'eat out' but follows the same structural pattern. Sometimes also used to mean drinking from a public or communal source.
Commonly used with
pub bar tonight Friday friends regularly
Forms
Base
drink out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
drinks out
he/she/it
Past simple
drank out
yesterday
Past participle
drunk out
have + pp
-ing form
drinking out
continuous
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Synonyms
go out for drinks go to the pub socialise go out drinking
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