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GO OUT (1), LET IN FOR

go out (together), (with somebody) = go on a date with somebody, have a romantic relationship with somebody
examples:

They had been going out together for three years before they got married.
How long have you and John been going out together?
She used to go out with Susan 's brother but they broke up.
My brother has been going out with a girl he met at the train station.

let (myself) in for = put yourself in an unpleasant situation
examples:

When I gave him my phone number, I didn 't know what I was letting myself in for. He kept calling me and asking me out.
When I lent her money, I didn 't know what I was letting myself in for. She pretended she didn 't owe me anything!
She didn 't know what she was letting herself in for when she invited Tony and Jake to her party. They drank too much and caused many problems.
When they took that loan they certainly didn 't know what they were letting themselves in for.
So he has decided to go to law school? He is letting himself in for a lot of work.
I hear you are going to build your house yourselves. You are letting yourselves in for a lot of work.
You trust him? I hope you know what you 're letting yourself in for! He is not to be trusted.
If you lend him your father's car, you 're letting yourself in for a lot of trouble. He is a careless driver.
If I had known what I was letting myself in for, I 'd never have signed the contract.

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