sortir

Senses

1. 1.

   to go out, to come out

   to leave an enclosed space and enter the open air or another location

2. 2.

   to exit, to leave

   to depart from a place, room, or situation

3. 3.

   to take out, to pull out

   to remove something from a container or enclosed space (transitive)

4. 4.

   to come out, to be released

   to appear publicly (of a book, film, product, etc.)

Examples

• "Je vais sortir faire des courses ce matin."

  I'm going out to run errands this morning.

• "Peux-tu sortir la poubelle, s'il te plaît ?"

  Can you take out the trash, please?

• "Le nouveau roman de cet auteur sort demain."

  This author's new novel is coming out tomorrow.

Usage

Sortir is one of the most common French verbs. It can be transitive (avec sortir quelque chose) or intransitive (sortir seul). When intransitive, it takes the auxiliary être in compound tenses (je suis sorti). The phrase sortir avec quelqu'un means 'to date someone' or 'to go out with someone'.