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单词 to step out
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to step out
to step out
1. intransitive. (Cf. sense 3.) To go or come out from a place, usually for a short distance or for a short time; esp. to leave the house, go out of doors. Also, to leave a boat or vehicle. Also, to move one or more paces away from one's position.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > step out
to step outc1515
outstepa1560
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > alight from a vehicle
dismount1594
avale1596
land1693
alight1704
to step out1753
unlight1796
to hop in (also out)1955
deboard1960
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxxiii. 494 He stepte out aparte to behold the batayle.
a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. A.i, in Whole Wks. (1587) Sibilla being placed in an arbor..did step out and pronounced as foloweth.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 12 When your Master..wants a Servant, who happens to be abroad, your Answer must be, that he but just that Minute stept out.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. i. 4 Sir Charles, stepping out, brought in with him Miss Jervois.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiv. 135 ‘Never mind,’ said the one-eyed man, calling after the girl as she left the room. ‘I'll step out by and by, Mary.’
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 397 The first ball of the over Jack steps out and meets, swiping with all his force.
1880 E. G. O'Reilly Sussex Stories I. 276 Mother's stepped out, and I'm alone up here.
figurative.1602 tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido iv. ii. sig. K4v At each of Siluioes actes My soule stept out, push't on with all her will.
2. Military. To lengthen the pace in marching.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [verb (intransitive)] > march > lengthen pace
to step out1792
1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 17 On the word step out, the recruit must be taught to lengthen his step to 33 inches.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. To step out, to lengthen your pace.
3. To walk with a vigorous step or stride. Also transferred of a ship.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > vigorously
to stride out1581
to step out1806
society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly
crowd937
runOE
boom1617
to cut a feather1627
with a bone in her mouth (also teeth)1627
snore1830
spank1835
ramp1856
to step out1884
foot1892
1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xii. 74 The sailors were making a run of the tackle-falls, and Mr. Hurricane..was heard to exclaim,..‘Step out, men! step out! Walk away with him, cheerly!’
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 214/1 The truly-bred Suffolk horses are active in their walk..They step out well.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxx. 258 Jack or Donald marches away to glory..stepping out briskly to the tune of ‘The Girl I left behind me’.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ix. 140 I therefore stepped out hard, and at length..reached a town.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Step out, to move along simultaneously and cheerfully with a tackle-fall, &c.
1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 250 It was..the weather in which the little ‘Vigilant’ stepped out to the greatest advantage.
4. transitive. Cf. step off at to step off 3 at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > measure by or as an instrument [verb (transitive)] > measure by means of instruments > mark off with compasses
to step off1895
to step out1895
1895 E. Rowe Hints on Chip-carving 68 Divide the circumference into six parts by stepping out the radius six times round the circumference.
5. To die; to disappear. U.S. slang. ? Obsolete.
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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear
formeltc893
wendOE
witea1000
aworthc1000
fleec1200
fleetc1200
withdraw1297
vanish1303
voidc1374
unkithea1400
startc1405
disappearc1425
disparishc1425
to fall awayc1443
evanish?a1475
vade1495
sinka1500
vade1530
fly1535
fadea1538
melt?1567
dispear1600
relinquish1601
foist1603
dispersea1616
to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616
dissipate1626
retire1647
evaporate1713
merge1802
illude1820
to foam off1826
dislimn1833
furl1844
to step out1844
evanesce1855
shade1880
wisp1883
to go to the winds1884
walk1898
to do a disappearing act1913
to go west1916
to do (or take) a fade1949
to phase out1970
1844 Yale Lit. Mag. 9 381 Of the other pieces..some will be found in the present number..and the remainder have ‘stept out’.
1845 Knickerbocker Mag. 25 91 No home to eat a dinner at; no friends..; they've all stepped out, or forgotten us.
1851 J. B. Lamar et al. Polly Peablossom's Wedding & Other Tales 177 Ay, dead!—stepped out!—d—d—dead as Tecumseh!
1903 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine xxx. 277 He is the cause of my ruin. Yes, that is why he stepped out when he did.
6. To appear in company or society; spec. to accompany or walk out (with a person of the opposite sex); to consort (with a lover). North American dialect and colloquial.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or engage in courtship [verb (intransitive)] > walk out with person as lover
to walk out1827
to step out1936
1907 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Dec. 44/2 I thought what a figure I should cut stepping out amongst the redeemed in such a rig.
1918 Dial. Notes 5 28 To step[out], vb. i. To go out with a jane. Usually with an unvirtuous intention. General, but especially college communities.
1934 T. E. Sullinger Children of Divorce 9 It affords the father an opportunity to find out how his former wife is spending his alimony, who she is ‘stepping out with’.
1936 L. Lefko Public Relations 27 She must be cultured—none of those speak-easy belles you step out with will do.
1940 Chatelaine June 59/3 Sally's stepping out again!
1955 D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 190 [Support] will continue as long as she does not have anything to do with men; as soon as she ‘steps out’ and the fact becomes known, her support stops.
1977 Detroit Free Press 11 Dec. 11- b/1 Woodard believes Rae is stepping out with Frank.
7. To parachute out of a (disabled) aircraft. R.A.F. slang.
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society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > parachute [verb (intransitive)] > jump out of aircraft > in emergency
to bail out1925
to take to or hit the silk1933
to hit the silk1941
to step out1942
to punch out1964
1942 ‘B. J. Ellan’ Spitfire! p. x If you are unlucky enough to get shot down yourself, you..step out.
1953 R. Chisholm Cover of Darkness i. ii. 24 He climbed to ten thousand and he and his observer stepped out as we used to say.
8. to step out of line: see to step (or get, etc.) out of line at line n.2 28b.
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