Brewer's: Go Out

(To). To rise in rebellion; the Irish say, “To be up.” To go out with the forces of Charles Edward. To be out with Roger More and Sir Phelim O'Neil, in 1641.

“I thocht my best chance for payment was e'en to gae out myself.” —SirW.Scott: Waverley, 39.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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