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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

step off en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (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.
  2. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular; inseparable; African-American Vernacular; inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down.
    • You better step off, man...
  3. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
steps off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stepping off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stepped off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stepped off Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

step

Coordinates

step up