No. 448 in French

sortir

"Sortir" means "to go out" or "to exit."

In a sentence

Je vais sortir ce soir avec mes amis.
I am going out tonight with my friends.
Here, 'sortir' is used to indicate leaving home for leisure or social purposes.
Peux-tu sortir la poubelle, s'il te plaît?
Can you take out the trash, please?
In this sentence, 'sortir' means to remove something from a confined space or area.
Il a sorti un livre de son sac.
He took out a book from his bag.
Here, 'sortir' refers to the action of bringing an object out of an enclosure.

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