camp out

camp out
verb
live in or as if in a tent (Freq. 1)
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Can we go camping again this summer?

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The circus tented near the town

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The houseguests had to camp in the living room

• Syn: ↑camp, ↑encamp, ↑bivouac, ↑tent
• Derivationally related forms:
↑tenting (for: ↑tent), ↑tent (for: ↑tent), ↑bivouac (for: ↑bivouac), ↑encampment (for: ↑encamp), ↑camp (for: ↑camp), ↑camper (for: ↑camp), ↑camping (for: ↑camp)
• Hypernyms: ↑populate, ↑dwell, ↑live, ↑inhabit
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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camp out [phrasal verb]
1 : to sleep outdoors usually in a tent

We camped out [=camped] under the stars.

Fans camped out [=spent the night outside] in huge numbers to purchase tickets in the morning.

— see also ↑campout
2 a : to live in a place for a short period of time

I camped out at a friend's apartment until I found a place of my own.

2 b US : to stay in a place for a period of time

He camped out in the library for the afternoon.

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Main Entry: ↑camp

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ˌcamp ˈout derived
to live outside for a short time

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Dozens of reporters camped out on her doorstep.

Main entry: ↑campderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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