Stepping out with Cherry Wood, from the start (8)
I believe the answer is:
clubbing
'stepping out with cherry wood from the start' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'stepping out with cherry' is the wordplay.
'stepping out with' becomes 'club' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cherry' becomes 'bing cherry' (bing cherry is a kind of cherry).
'club'+'bing'='CLUBBING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clubbing that I've seen before include "Visiting dance venues" , "regularly appearing in nightspots" , "going out on a Saturday night?" , "Gathering" , "Going dancing; hitting" .)