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step-off

step-off noun: a drop-off, a sudden decrease.

Noun

step-off (plural step-offs)

  1. A drop-off, a sudden decrease.
  2. A preparatory gathering before a larger main event.
    • […] is not an issue of choice," National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) head Urvashi Vaid told more than 750,000 gathered at the rally's conclusion. "It is an issue of power." Earlier, at a step-off assembly behind the White House on the Ellipse, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) director Tim...1992 May 8, John Zeh, Gay Community News, page 3
    • The Cedar Valley High School Marching Band–The Crimson Regiment–will be holding a Step-off meeting TOMORROW Tuesday March 12 at 7:30 pm in the auditorium at Frontier Middle School. We will be measuring for uniforms in the Band Room beginning at 6:30 pm and finishing up any we miss after the 7:30...2019 March 11, Charlotte Ducas, “Crimson Regiment Step-Off TOMORROW NIGHT, March 12, 2019”, in Cedar Valley Aviators, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2023

Examples of step-off in a sentence

  • "It is an issue of power." Earlier, at a step-off assembly behind the White House on the Ellipse, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) director Tim McFeeley thanked feminists for […]1992 May 8, John Zeh, Gay Community News, page 3:
  • The Cedar Valley High School Marching Band–The Crimson Regiment–will be holding a Step-off meeting TOMORROW Tuesday March 12 at 7:30 pm in the auditorium at Frontier Middle School.2019 March 11, Charlotte Ducas, “Crimson Regiment Step-Off TOMORROW NIGHT, March 12, 2019”, in Cedar Valley Aviators, archived from the...

Forms of step-off

pluralstep-offs

Origin of step-off

Deverbal from step off.

Questions about step-off

What does step-off mean?
Step-off means a drop-off, a sudden decrease.
How do you use step-off in a sentence?
"It is an issue of power." Earlier, at a step-off assembly behind the White House on the Ellipse, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF) director Tim McFeeley thanked feminists for […]
What part of speech is step-off?
Step-off is a noun.
What is the plural of step-off?
The plural of step-off is step-offs.

Words near step-off in the dictionary

  1. step-mothers
  2. step-nephew
  3. step-nephews
  4. step-niece
  5. step-nieces
  6. step-off
  7. step-offs
  8. step-parent
  9. step-parents
  10. step-porn
  11. step-relationship

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