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Old 15-Aug-2005, 07:14
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Exclamation Department outing

Hello everyone,
Would you please tell me the meaning of department outing in this sentence?

She said someone told her during the department outing last weekend.

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It means they went somewhere for a social event outside the normal working environment.
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