tow someone or something out (to something)

tow someone or something out (to something)
tow someone or something out (to something)
to pull something, such as a boat, or someone in or on something out in the water, to something. (The

someone

refers to the property of someone, not the person.) •

Frank, who was on his surfboard, asked Tony to tow him out to the little island.

We towed the raft out where the water is deep.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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