stop out
B2 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To stay away from home very late at night, or all night.
Literal meaning: To stop (remain) outside.
Meanings
1 B2 informal
(British English, informal) To stay out of the house until very late or all night.
"Where have you been? You stopped out until three in the morning!"
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
In everyday British English, 'stop out' means to stay out late or all night, often used by parents speaking about children or partners. There is also a technical printing sense (to block out part of a plate). The colloquial sense is the more widely encountered one.
Commonly used with
all night late until morning again partying
Forms
Base
stop out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
stops out
he/she/it
Past simple
stoped out
yesterday
Past participle
stoped out
have + pp
-ing form
stoping out
continuous
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