utgå

ut +‎ gå

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• Rhymes: -oː

utgå

1. to go out, to start (a journey)
2. to assume, to base (an assumption on something), to start (from an assumption)

   jag utgår från att ni känner till slaget vid Narva

   I assume you are familiar with the battle of Narva

   bedömningen utgår från placeringen

   the assessment is based on the location

3. to be cancelled (to be gone), to expire

• This verb can most often be separated (gå ut) without change of meaning.
• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.