camp out phrasal verb (
see also camp)
1. to sleep outdoors, usually in a tent:
What he liked best about scouting was camping out.2. to stay somewhere where you do not have all the usual things that a house has:
We’ll just have to camp out until our furniture arrives. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
camp out v. To live, cook, and sleep out of doors (as in a tent).
We camped out near the river for a week. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲