step out

1. 1.

   go outside a room or building for a short period of time

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Questions about step out

What does step out mean?

step out means "go outside a room or building for a short period of time".

Is step out a common word?

step out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.