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out West

Parf of speech: Adverb, OED Year: 1834, OED Evaluation: N/A

Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.

ExampleMeaning
And at that point we decided, then, we would move out West. Yup, we just- we said let's- let's move out West. So we did. My husband was refrigeration mechanic. There was a very large demand for his type of work there, and so we moved. He was able to get a job almost immediately.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
Yeah, we got married in eighty-two, went back out West, and then in eighty-three we got married.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
ExampleMeaning
... we ah took two weeks off every summer and we went travelling, 'cause my parents had done that as well. My dad got a trailer and then after that he got ah like a bigger camper, and we went to the east coast a number of times and out west.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
Yeah, when I first got married we were out west and the economy tanked out there and I couldn't get a teaching job, and it was just- I was away from family and I had had my first child ...
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
... I was away from family and I had had my first child, and I thought, "Oh, I'm not liking this. I think you-know just 'til I get my sea-legs and get some teaching experience." 'Cause I graduated from teacher's-college and then you-know moved right out west. I wanted- I really wanted to get some experience in a classroom ...
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
ExampleMeaning
There was some drowned. ... Some got- a couple of them got saved because, ah- the reason they went that- out that time, there was- they were bringing a guy from out west dead that had shot himself. ... Supposed to be an accident.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
ExampleMeaning
... what was I going to say about his passing. Uh, oh yeah, just before he had- he was on a trip. ... He was actually- they were goin-- him and my grandmother were going out west. And that's- he was putting gas into the truck, and that's where he had the massive heart attack. But he knew that his health wasn't the best but he died doing what he loved. They always travelled.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
ExampleMeaning
Seen other kind of activities in the bush, I've seen bears for sure. ... Ah I was out working out west, and I was a brush-cutter, just kind of clearing around trees and what not and bears would come out and just out of curiosity come and check us out, and not put us in any danger or anything, but just kind of- curious, you-know?
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
Ah, I've lived in different- I lived in Peterborough, I lived in Mississauga, I lived in- well I was out west for an entire summer. Lindsay- I lived in a lot of places. ... I always kept coming back.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
I had a car for only a month (laughs) yeah, so I was like "Fuck" and then- it was wrote off, so I'm like "Ah I just bought this car and now I owe all this money on this car, what do I do?" So that's when I went out west and was a brush cutter out there.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
Interviewer: Have you ever seen a forest fire? Speaker: Ah no, no. But when I worked out west, we seen the smoke of a forest fire, but you-know, once there's a forest fire, you're not allowed to go into that area.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
ExampleMeaning
And one time we used to go all the way to Highway (inc), through the park. And then the bridges- and the- after, in the forties, see this was- used to be the main line one time, from out West. ... And ah- in the forties it- they closed down, af-- during the war, and I- one of them only went to Whitney.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
ExampleMeaning
And I already had the camping bug because ah i-- in just my own immediate family we would go camping every summer with the children when they were small. We- we'd just travel out east, travel out west, travel down into the States and we always took a tent. And ah we were always on the move so it meant setting up a tent every night.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
So that was a very good trip. ... Then another one was out west, we'd never been there before so we drove all the way across and all the way back. ... And I fe-- Ontario's very long. ... I didn't realize how far across it was. ... But I- I- I liked all of it.
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.