went out

VERB

become extinguished

Synonyms

STRONGEST

die

WEAK

become dark burn out cease darken die out dim expire fade out flicker stop shining

Antonyms

WEAK

arrive come back enter inflame

VERB

leave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart exit walk out

WEAK

decamp go on strike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive enter

WEAK

come back inflame

Example Sentences

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When the slick became too deep, the fire whirls went out before consuming all of the fuel.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Fifa has also approved the use of technology which can determine if the ball went out of play before a goal was scored.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Ali was doubly surprised because the mailers went out to voters just a few weeks after Waters attended an unveiling ceremony for the new Compton High School campus.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Exactly this happened during the dot-com bubble and was repeated in the postpandemic bubble in unprofitable tech stocks, when steady dividend stocks went out of fashion, before catching up by the end of 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“You’re good because you know what’s going on. Now it didn’t matter what I knew. Feel went out the window.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis