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step off en · VERB
Meanings
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(separable) To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
He measured the garden by stepping it off.
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(qualifier:African-American Vernacular; inseparable; African-American Vernacular; inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down.
You better step off, man...
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(qualifier:inseparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.
Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that's ringed with a variety of facilities.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:He stepped off the train.
Forms
Antonyms
step
Coordinates
step up