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Step out

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To exit a place on foot, often for a short time. transitive

    "She opened the car door and stepped out of the car."

  2. 2
    go outside a room or building for a short period of time wordnet
  3. 3
    To date, to be in a romantic relationship. idiomatic, intransitive

    "They've been stepping out since he told her he was interested in a family."

  4. 4
    To increase the length, but not the rapidity, of the step.

    "[…] they had marched past Poincaré at Peterhof, the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich stepping it out on the right flank with his perfect martial bearing and an air of desperate bravery about him, saluting and giving this honored guest eyes right."

  5. 5
    Hurry up; get a move on. colloquial, imperative

    ""Look here, Bunter, step out," exclaimed Harry Wharton, impatiently. "Do you want lines from Quelch, you fat chump?" Billy Bunter did not step out. He remained where he was, and jerked a fat thumb up the woodland footpath."

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