step outside


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step outside

1. To exit a building and go outdoors, especially briefly or temporarily. We had been in the conference room for nearly three hours, so we all decided to step outside and get some fresh air. You've been in your office all day working. Why don't you step outside for a little while and clear your head?
2. To leave a building or room, especially briefly or temporarily. Usually used as an invitation or demand, as to have a private conversation or settle a dispute. Let's step outside—I'd rather not talk about this in front of the whole class. A: "You've got a face only a mother could love!" B: "Oh yeah? Care to step outside and settle this like a real man?"
See also: outside, step
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

step outside

 
1. to go outside, as if to get some fresh air. I need to step outside for a minute to get a breath of air. Tom and Harry stepped outside for a moment.
2. to go outside to fight or settle an argument. I find that insulting. Would you care to step outside? Max invited Lefty to step outside.
See also: outside, step
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

step outside

in. to leave the present area and go to another place, presumably to fight. The two—who had been arguing—stepped outside to settle the matter. Do you want to step outside, smart ass?
See also: outside, step
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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On this the servants looked terribly uneasy, and made a sign to the doctor that they wished him to step outside for a moment.
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I heard a step outside, and incontinently flung open the door and found Montgomery within a yard of it.
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There was a weary step outside. Nutty entered, slopping water.
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'Farewell, bright sun!' she cried, stretching out her arms towards it, and taking another step outside the house; for now the corn had been reaped, and only the dry stubble was left standing.
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Somewhat to their astonishment and disappointment, having requested the young ladies to step outside, we proceeded to make the best toilet of which the circumstances admitted.
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