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单词 outstepping
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outsteppingn.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈstɛpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈstɛpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, stepping n.
Etymology: < out- prefix + stepping n., after outstep v. or to step out at step v. Phrasal verbs 1.
The action of outstep v.; an instance of this.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > deviation from straight course
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circuit1483
circumferencea1549
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extravagation1611
extravagancya1616
extravagance1644
deviation1646
outstepping1656
left1675
detour1738
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 33 Those strayings also and outsteppings, whereof Gods faithfullest servants are now and then guilty.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 26 When a man thus walking with God in the main, hath yet these outsteppings and deviations upon the by.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. xi. 331 He got no nearer to the base of it [sc. the mountain] for all his vigorous outstepping.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 115 On the contrary, there might be a dangerous snare in an unsanctified outstepping of average Christian practice.
1912 H. Church Poems 151 Oh, I fell By the hard stone Experience has laid For every man's outstepping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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