step off (English, verb)
expansion: step off (third-person singular simple present steps off, present participle stepping off, simple past and past participle stepped off)
Senses:
glosses: To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
tags: separable
qualifier: African-American Vernacular; inseparable; African-American Vernacular; inseparable
glosses: To avoid a conflict; to back down.
qualifier: inseparable
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.
Forms:
form: steps off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stepping off
tags: participle
present
form: stepped off
tags: participle
past
form: stepped off
tags: past