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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
"We were afraid to step out of our homes, but tourists who chose to come here were never harmed. We can't understand why they've been targeted now. Who could do such a thing?" he asks.
The British number one was under no illusion about her task as she stepped out under the roof to a raucous reception before facing the world's best women's player, Aryna Sabalenka, on Friday night.
Kershaw was greeted by a loud ovation when he stepped out of the dugout to stretch about 40 minutes before game time.
Four months prior — almost to the hour — I stepped out of my car in Pacific Palisades to wailing sirens, raining ash and fleeing people.
The Haitian man made it two steps out of the courtroom before he was swarmed by federal agents and ushered down an emergency exit stairwell.
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