out of step
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Not matching the movement of one's feet with that of others, or with an accompanying beat, while marching or walking.
prep_phrase
Not matching or in agreement (with someone or something).
Example Sentences
- "At the march-past, little Johnny was out of step with everyone else."
- "The soldiers […] marched out of step in spite of the drum-beat, […]"
- "The government is increasingly out of step with public opinion."
- "If, now and then, during their travels, they had fallen slightly out of step, harmony had been restored by their return to the conditions she was used to."
- "What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with life."
- "Industry experts are concerned that if the railway doesn't change tack, it would soon find itself out of step with the needs of the nation and in the crosshairs of a Treasury looking to slash spending."