单词 | to step out |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 2. Military. To lengthen the pace in marching. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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