step (along)

verb

Definition of step (along)next
as in to depart
to leave a place often for another now that my ride's here, I'll be stepping along

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for step (along)
  1. depart
  2. move
  3. exit
  4. get
  5. go
  6. run along
  7. get off
  8. pull out
Verb
  • Melvin succeeded Hoda Kotb, who announced her plan to depart last year and had her last day on Friday.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In this scenario, TikTok would die a slow death, as its technology degrades and its social fabric weakens with users departing for other platforms.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of depart
Verb
  • The couple had just moved from their modest fixer-upper in Altadena’s Janes Village to their dream home in architect Gregory Ain’s Park Planned homes, when the Eaton fire roared to life.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Still, the ramifications for those who lived and moved across the Utah territory during this time echo throughout American history.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of move
Verb
  • But rather confusingly, this fracas appears to have been staged so that duo can exit their top-secret careers as globe-trotting clandestine agents, disappearing together into civilian life.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Biden and first lady Jill Biden will exit the Capitol grounds by plane after the transfer of power and return to private life.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of exit
Verb
  • People with low credit scores can also have trouble getting a loan or can be forced to borrow at higher interest rates.
    Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Biden's plan was to enable applicants to stay with their families while immigration officials determined their cases, touting it as a far more humane way to carry out the process and get more people green cards or permanent resident status.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of get
Verb
  • But there’s also no shame going with the sidekick, who proved his mettle after 10 games out by not missing a single defensive beat.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There was hardly a fashionable progressive cause on which Trudeau didn’t go all-in.
    The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of go
Verb
  • The ocean that runs along its western edge makes things worse by sending cool drafts of air across the landscape: over the freeways, between the skyscrapers downtown, and east into the sprawl.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Malti also brought a Moana doll along for the trip and was later shown running along the hallways of a hotel in a cute clip.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of run along
Verb
  • The latter group ultimately just couldn’t be bothered to get off their couches.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Next came the jersey campaign, although that got off to a rocky start in 2019 when the club placed an image of Jamaican singer Bob Marley on a shirt — and promptly received cease-and-desist letters from the late singer’s representatives.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of get off
Verb
  • Around that same time, Reigns pulled out of WrestleMania 36 due to his concerns about exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • One of the favorites pulled out a martini glass, poured Glenfiddich into it, swirled it around dramatically…and then dumped it straight down the sink!
    Noel Burgess, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of pull out
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step (along)

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“Step (along).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step%20%28along%29. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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