Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
out to en · X
Meanings
intending to (do a specified action)
Jack is out to get you. You'd better hide.
This company doesn't care about its customers: it's just out to make a profit.
We are out to make big money this time and Bronsky will be useful. He can give us facilities for getting the stuff away and for putting it about on a scale that no one else could offer. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
The boy who saved a stranger wasn't out to make headlines: he was just being a Good Samaritan.
(informal) Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually before a stated or future event) (synonym of "out from")