Travel
camp out
stay outdoors overnight
To camp out means to sleep outdoors for one or more nights, often in a tent.
Hear it in real life
Where did you sleep during the festival?
We camped out beside the river.
We camped out near the beach and watched the sunrise.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We camped out in a hotel near the beach.
Say: We stayed in a hotel near the beach.
“Camp out” means sleeping outdoors, so it does not describe staying in a hotel.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
camp out; camped out by the lake
Your turn: say it out loud
We camped out near the beach and watched the sunrise.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
camp out
stay outdoors overnight
“We camped out near the beach and watched the sunrise.”
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