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Phrase(s): *out of step (with someone or something) 1. [and] *out of time (with someone or something)
Lit. out of cadence with someone else. (*Typically: be ~; dance ~; get ~; march ~.) • You’ve gotten out of step with the music. • Pay attention, Ann. You’re out of time. 2. Fig. not as up-todate as someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) • John is out of step with the times. • Billy missed three days and now is out of step with the rest of the class.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs