kip out
B2 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To sleep somewhere outside or not at your own house.
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
informal
To sleep outdoors or away from one's own home, often without proper bedding or arrangements.
"The festival organisers warned that anyone who missed the last shuttle would have to kip out in the field."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
British slang. Used when someone sleeps in the open air, in a park, or at another person's home without proper accommodation. Associated with spontaneity or financial hardship depending on context.
Commonly used with
garden park outside rough tonight somewhere
Forms
Base
kip out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
kips out
he/she/it
Past simple
kiped out
yesterday
Past participle
kiped out
have + pp
-ing form
kiping out
continuous
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