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step out
verb
to go outside or leave a room, building, etc, esp briefly
to begin to walk more quickly and take longer strides
informalto withdraw from involvement; bow out
informalto be a boyfriend or girlfriend (of someone), esp publicly
Idioms and Phrases
Walk briskly, as in He stepped out in time to the music . [c. 1800]
Also, step outside . Go outside briefly, as in He just stepped out for a cigarette . [First half of 1500s]
Go out for an evening of entertainment, as in They're stepping out again tonight .
step out with . Accompany or consort with a person as when going on a date, as in She's been stepping out with him for a month . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]
Example Sentences
"And he learns that, I think. He's able to step out into the world more fully armed than what just bows and arrows gives him."
Dave Roberts had made it only three steps out of the dugout when he got ejected Tuesday night.
Aryan stepped out on the terrace and started making videos of the house to show to his friends.
“It’s stepping out a little bit for me, not to mention the size of the place, which is kind of freaking me out.”
“The interesting thing is that when people see the live-action movie, they say, ‘Oh, it’s Toothless, like he stepped out of the animated movie,’” says DeBlois.
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