Talk:go out to eat

RFD discussion: November 2018–August 2019
SOP. Per utramque cavernam 15:30, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Just like "go out for lunch and a game of miniature golf". Chuck Entz (talk) 16:35, 25 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Wow what? NO! Delete twice. Equinox ◑ 20:21, 25 November 2018 (UTC)


 * There seems to be some meaning here that isn't covered by the meanings of the four individual words. Having a picnic, or a snack in your backyard, isn't going out to eat. Maybe this is a missing sense of go out. —Granger (talk · contribs) 00:25, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't think so. "Go out" may imply socialising but only because that's a common reason for leaving one's house. Equinox ◑ 01:03, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * (edit conflict) Not missing. It's the second sense at go out: "To leave one's abode to go to public places". It's not strictly one's abode, though: it can be your workplace, or some event you're attending- basically wherever you're currently based. One might ask a coworker "Are you going out for lunch?" They might respond: "no, I'll just order in". A more informal version would be "step out", as in "I think I'll step out for a bit to get something to eat." As you can see, there are zillions of permutations, and things like "while you're out, could you get something for me, too?" Now that I think about it, even this sense of go out might be SOP. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * But it doesn't just mean eating in a public place. Like I said above, having a picnic (even in a public park) is not going out to eat. —Granger (talk · contribs) 14:31, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * 'Redirect to go out, and keep the definition of "go out" that means to leave one's house. Purplebackpack89 02:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  07:55, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Make into alternative form of . SemperBlotto (talk) 08:00, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Support this option, otherwise delete. - TheDaveRoss  22:07, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think that's an "alternative form" in the sense we usually use that word here, though. It's a synonym, but a SOP one. Per utramque cavernam 13:40, 3 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete, totally SoP. You can go out to buy  food, you can go out to fish , you can go out to collect  firewood, and then you can  go home to eat whatever you bought or caught. Or go out to eat if you can’t cook. --Lambiam 11:59, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Abstain. DonnanZ (talk) 14:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP. Fay Freak (talk) 11:59, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, SoP. --Robbie SWE (talk) 07:19, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * FYI, I changed "To leave one's abode to go to public places" to "To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment." Mihia (talk) 20:32, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: no one has satisfactorily addressed the point made by Granger that going out of one's abode to a public park to make a picnic is not go out to eat, or is it?; go out: "to leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment". Put differently, what makes go out to eat select a public restaurant to the exclusion of a picnic in a park? How should a non-native speaker, by perusing go out and eat, know that it excludes certain things? Or does it really exclude a picnic? --Dan Polansky (talk) 19:21, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Despite my point about picnics vs. restaurants, I'm not sure go out to eat means more than the sum of its parts, because one can say things like "go out for lunch" or "go out for dinner", which equally imply going to a restaurant. I think an additional sense at go out could cover this. —Granger (talk · contribs) 01:21, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, but add a sense to go out indicating leaving one's abode to eat at a restaurant. bd2412 T 04:07, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


 * You sure? Why is that a separate sense of go out, when it can also refer to nightclub, theatre, pub, bowling, etc.? Equinox ◑ 08:10, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I feel that if I say, "I'm bored, let's go out", that implies a range of activities including possibly eating, going to a movie or a show, going to a nightclub, etc.; but if I say "I'm hungry, let's go out", or "there's nothing to eat in the fridge, let's go out", that specifically means go to a restaurant to eat, the opposite of eat in. bd2412 T 20:52, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted as SoP along with goes out to eat, going out to eat, went out to eat and gone out to eat.--Jusjih (talk) 00:06, 21 August 2019 (UTC)