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get
Verb
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To start to have; to take. When one person gives something, the other person gets the thing.
The woman goes to the store and gets a new dress.
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Become.
The problem got worse.
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You use get to make the passive voice, especially when the thing that happened is bad.
He got hit by a car.
out
Preposition
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Something that is out is not in.
Polly opened the door and went out.
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If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing..
Turn the light out before you leave.
The power's out so nothing's working.
I'm trying to find which light went out.
Oh, no! The fire's gone out again.
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Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside.
He took the pen out of his pocket.
Please, close the door as you go out.
If you walk out that door, you can't come back.
The car stopped and out came two men.
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far away
We live out in the country.
He's about half an hour out of Toronto.
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If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them.
You can't see the doctor now. He is out.
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to a number of people
We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived.
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away
Don't throw that out. I'm still using it.
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If something is out, you can look at or see it.
the sun is out
the flowers are out
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If something comes out of something, it comes from it.
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If something is out, it is available for sale.
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If something is out, it is not in fashion.
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If someone is out, they are not conscious.
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If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it.
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If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.
out
Noun
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If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out.
There were two men on base and two outs.
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A way to escape is an out.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
step
Verb
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When you step, you move one foot.
When you walk, you step many times.
If you step on the ant, it will be dead.
step
Noun
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A step is a movement of the foot
Take one step forward to win the game.
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A step is one of several actions or processes taken to achieve a goal.
Heating the oven is one step needed to bake bread.
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A step is a surface used to walk upwards. Most often there are several steps, one above the other.
One must walk up the steps to get to the top of the building.