go out for (something)

go out for (something)

1. To try to become a participant in something; to try out for something. I hear Tim's going out for the football team this year!
2. To go some place to eat a particular kind of food. I don't feel like cooking, let's go out for Chinese tonight instead.
See also: go, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go out for someone or something

to leave in order to bring back someone or something. Albert just went out for a newspaper. Fran went out for Bob, who was on the back porch, smoking a cigarette.
See also: go, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

go out for

Seek to become a participant in, as in I'm going out for soccer. [First half of 1900s] Also see go for, def. 3; go in for, def. 2.
See also: go, out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • a whack at (something)
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past