step out= to die

[Joan H. Hall]

Volume V of DARE will have an entry for "step out" meaning 'to die,'
with the first citation from 1843. We label it "chiefly New England."

By the way, Volume V text has been submitted to Harvard University
Press, and we're working on examining page proof! Official publication
will be in March of 2012.

Joan

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