1
as in to cheat
to be sexually unfaithful
if she catches him stepping out on her, she'll divorce him without a moment's hesitation
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2
as in to die
to stop living
my greedy relatives are only being nice to me because they expect me to step out any time now
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Recent Examples of step out
In November, Sweeney stepped out for the 16th annual Governors Awards in Los Angeles.
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Stepping away from the ’90s vintage denim trend, several fashion week attendees stepped out in dark indigo denim with visible slubs and veiny surfaces.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
Nearly two years after a biking accident landed him in the hospital, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, is stepping out for a rare solo appearance.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Speaking of stepping out, the Garrison Club at Whistler Square offers everything residents need from pampering to entertaining without having to step foot out of the Chelsea Barracks community.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2026
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Stepping away from the ’90s vintage denim trend, several fashion week attendees stepped out in dark indigo denim with visible slubs and veiny surfaces.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
Nearly two years after a biking accident landed him in the hospital, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, is stepping out for a rare solo appearance.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Speaking of stepping out, the Garrison Club at Whistler Square offers everything residents need from pampering to entertaining without having to step foot out of the Chelsea Barracks community.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for step out
Verb
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Celia Arguerro, who also has a handicap parking permit, is tired of waiting for reform to catch people cheating the system.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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He likely already would have been inducted were in not for his part in the Astros’ ugly cheating scandal in 2017.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2026
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Brad Arnold, the 47-year-old cofounder and lead singer of the Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, nine months after revealing a diagnosis of kidney cancer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The company's founder and namesake, Walt Disney, had died in December 1966, but his presence still loomed large over a studio that was seemingly second-guessing its every move.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Long a collectors’ holy grail, this searching, atmospheric soundtrack recorded for Chicago’s Adler Planetarium in 1993 mixes spiritual jazz with avant-garde pan-Africanism.—
Mark Richardson,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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Here, mixing different chain thicknesses lends itself well to creating some messy texture to make the outfit feel more relaxed and organic.—
Abby Morgan Lebet,
Glamour,
3 Feb. 2026
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Simpson saw that all-too-rare phenomenon in Hollywood — somebody had no desire to screw around.—
Jay Glennie,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Ernesto and George were checking out the trailer, screwing around and being boys, the night Reynolds secretly came to the site to finish the plan.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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Her sister liked how the double French doors opened to the outside, allowing everyone to move in and out and mingle so easily.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
5 Feb. 2026
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Throughout the evening, there will be curated sushi bites and hors d’oeuvres and opportunities to mingle with NFL Alumni Association Nor-Cal members.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Council members had long pledged to quell gang violence and improve life for Haiti but fell overwhelmingly short.—
EVENS SANON,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Short video and artificial intelligence video generation company Kuaishou fell by 11% during the same time period.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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It’s definitively associated with the distant protocluster, with the right spectrum of X-ray energies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Feb. 2026
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Brendan Behan is often reductively associated with Dublin pub culture and literary banter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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The late monarch passed away on the estate in September 2022.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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Days after Mayor Christopher Clark passed away, the city continues to mourn.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Step out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step%20out. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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