step off
step off verb: to measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
Verb
step off (third-person singular simple present steps off, present participle stepping off, simple past and past participle stepped off)
- 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.
- To avoid a conflict; to back down.
- You better step off, man...
- Antonyms:
- step
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.
- He stepped off the train.
- 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
Antonyms of step off
Forms of step off
| third-person singular present | steps off |
|---|---|
| present participle | stepping off |
| past participle | stepped off |
| past | stepped off |
Questions about step off
- What does step off mean?
- Step off means to measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
- What part of speech is step off?
- Step off is a verb.
- What is the past tense of step off?
- The past tense of step off is stepped off.
Words near step off in the dictionary
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