Huey, Dewey, and Louie attempt to go too, but Donald, unwilling to allow this, tricks them into entering a closet and locks them in before heading to Daisy's house, but the nephews escape by sawing a hole in the wall and beat him there.

In their final effort, the three younger ducks find a maize and after heating it on the stove, knock it into Donald's mouth as it is in the process of becoming popcorn.

The nephews then bring things into the room to use as instruments: a trombone, plungers, a dummy, a candelabra, a frog-shaped flower holder, a piano, a horn, and many objects that are used as drums.

Duck Steps Out stands out among other Donald shorts of the period for its use of modern music and surreal situations throughout.

Virginia Davis, who years earlier worked with Walt as the titular character in the Alice Comedies, served as the dance model for Daisy.