• m_fOPA
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    6 hours ago

    Me either. Wiktionary actually has it with the opposite meaning of how I’m parsing this comic:

    (intransitive, idiomatic) To date, to be in a romantic relationship.

    They’ve been stepping out since he told her he was interested in a family.

    The comic seems to be using it in the sense of “abandoning the relationship”. UD has it with that meaning from 2007, so it’s not just something Jim Davis made up

    • Flagstaff@programming.dev
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      4 hours ago

      Wait, the two of them have been in a relationship? I didn’t know this.

      I guess for Garfield, either definition works, haha.