Meaning of out of step | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not matching the movement of one's feet with that of others, or with an accompanying beat, while marching or walking.
2. Not matching or in agreement (with someone or something).
   figuratively

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Examples

“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.”

“The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world[.]”

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