English Explanatory Dictionary

step off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
  2. To avoid a conflict; to back down.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.

Word forms

step off steps off stepping off stepped off

Antonyms

step
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