(a) to leave, go out, come out; ~ de to leave a room; je suis sorti de chez Paul à 8 heures I left Paul's (house) at 8 o'clock

(b) (socially, on errand) to go out; on sort ce soir? are we going out this evening?; do you fancy going out this evening?; je ne sors pas beaucoup I don't go out much; ~ dîner to go out for dinner, eat out (for dinner), dine out (especially US); il est sorti acheter du pain he's gone (out) for some bread, he's popped out for some bread

(c) (when emphasising mode of transport: other translations possible in English: on foot) to walk out; (in a car) to drive out; (of a bird, plane) to fly out; ~ en courant to run out; ~ en sautant to jump out; ~ en dansant to dance out

(d) (of difficult situation, danger) to get out; comment est-ce qu'on sort du bâtiment en cas d'incendie? how do you get out of the building if there's a fire?

(e) (of object) to come out completely; to stick out half way

(f) (Theat) to exit

(g) (of book, film) to come out, be released; ça vient de ~ en DVD it's just come out on DVD

(h) (of number in lottery) to come up

(i) (in relationship) ~ avec qn to go out with sb; tu veux ~ avec moi? will you go out with me?

(j) ~ de to go beyond limits; ~ du sujet to wander off the subject, get off the subject; ~ des rails to come off the rails, leave the rails, derail; ~ de ses gonds to come off its hinges; (fig: of person) to fly off the handle; (Sport) ~ en touche to go into touch

(k) (Comput) to print; faire ~ qch to print sth, print sth out

(a) to take out, get an object out (de, of); (Infml) to come out with words; (Infml) to knock out (neutral); se ~ de to get out of a difficult situation; s'en ~ to get out of it; (of ill person etc) to pull through, come through

(a) (rare) au ~ de l'hiver as winter draws to a close