step out
verb
stepped out; stepping out; steps out
intransitive verb
1
: to go away from a place usually for a short distance and for a short time
2
: to go or march at a vigorous or increased pace
3
: die
4
: to lead an active social life
5
: to be unfaithful —usually used with on
had been stepping out on his wife
Synonyms
- cheat
- philander
- screw around
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Example Sentences
if she catches him stepping out on her, she'll divorce him without a moment's hesitation my greedy relatives are only being nice to me because they expect me to step out any time now
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1
stepping out
verb
1
as in screwing around
to be sexually unfaithful if she catches him stepping out on her, she'll divorce him without a moment's hesitation Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- screwing around
- cheating
- fooling around
- philandering
- playing (around)
- catting (around)
- tomcatting (around)
- sleeping
- making out
- womanizing
- mating
- fornicating
- coupling
- copulating
- lying
- lusting
2
as in dying
to stop living my greedy relatives are only being nice to me because they expect me to step out any time now Synonyms & Similar Words
- dying
- checking out
- passing away
- popping off
- buying it
- falling
- kicking in
- kicking off
- pegging out
- perishing
- snuffing it
- passing (on)
- kicking the bucket
- buying the farm
- biting the dust
- departing
- giving up the ghost
- conking (out)
- ending
- going
- exiting
- succumbing
- expiring
- disappearing
- parting
- demising
- fading
- deceasing
- drying up
- flatlining
- dropping
- croaking
- failing
- predeceasing
- consuming
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- living
- breathing
- coming to
- reviving
- existing
- lingering
- being
- subsisting
- thriving
- flourishing
- prospering
3
as in mixing
to take part in social activities waited until a year after her husband's death before stepping out again Synonyms & Similar Words
- mixing
- mingling
- going out
- rubbing elbows
- rubbing shoulders
- socializing
- associating
- partying
- fraternizing
- hobnobbing
- reveling
- carousing
- revelling
- circulating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- avoiding
- eschewing
- shunning
- slighting
- snubbing