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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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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
The 35-year-old son of Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner stepped out on Tuesday evening for the Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness premiere at the Hollywood Legion Theater in Los Angeles.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
The surveillance system at her home captured Allen walking down her steps out of the edge of her yard, pointing.
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Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Idris Elba has been at the center of speculation about playing James Bond since Daniel Craig stepped out of the role in 2021.
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Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
Career reinvention doesn't normally happen the day someone steps out of their current position.
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Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2026
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
The surveillance system at her home captured Allen walking down her steps out of the edge of her yard, pointing.
—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Idris Elba has been at the center of speculation about playing James Bond since Daniel Craig stepped out of the role in 2021.
—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
Career reinvention doesn't normally happen the day someone steps out of their current position.
—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for step out
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The fans were cheated Sunday out of a chance to see an interesting pitching matchup between Shota Imanaga and Dylan Cease, the former Cubs farmhand and former White Sox pitcher.
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For example, a spouse who catches their partner cheating and kills someone in the heat of emotion.
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Ramsay, a mother of four, including Dylan, has become someone grieving families often call when their child dies in the water.
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Mark Hill died in 2019, at the untimely age of 59.
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Swept away The high altitude in Denver can cause certain pitch types to go awry, but Gray had the benefit of being able to mix and match from his expansive repertoire.
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The restaurant makes refined regional favorites like ceviche colimense and his tostada de pozole seco, and mixes cocktails with tuba.
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The informative thing was Lestat screwing around with me.
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The way the Padres screw around this time of year is maddening.
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So far, Milei has defended his Cabinet chief, even as the scandal damaged his government’s public image, constrained his political leverage in negotiations with allies and undermined his communication about spending cuts to Argentines scraping by on salaries that increasingly fall behind inflation.
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As opposed to the first film, where a good girl falls for a bad boy, the sequel turns the concept upside down, with Pfeiffer playing the bad girl who falls for a good boy.
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Everyone in attendance mixed and mingled together, though.
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Throughout, custom furnishings mingle with new and vintage pieces, along with a few items that the couple had selected.
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Honoring the way Schultz’s weaving developed through intergenerational mentorship and knowledge transfer, the retrospective contains works by four generations of weavers in her family, including her mother, Martha Gorman Schultz, who passed away last year at the age of 93.
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The oldest baby boomers are now in their 80s, and their tight grip on housing will likely loosen in the coming years as more move into assisted living or pass away.
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One of the stops captured in police body camera video shows local officers talking about targeting work vans for ICE — vehicles associated with construction, landscaping and other industries reliant on immigrant labor.
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Yet despite his later involvement in politics, McCloskey remains most closely associated with the confrontation that unfolded outside his home in June 2020.
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“Step out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step%20out. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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