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steps off

steps off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step off.

Meaning of step off

Verb

step off (third-person singular simple present steps off, present participle stepping off, simple past and past participle stepped off)

  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. (African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down.
    • You better step off, man...
    Antonyms:
    step
  3. (inseparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.
    • He stepped off the train.

Questions about steps off

What is steps off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Steps off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step off.

Words near steps off in the dictionary

  1. steps into
  2. steps into someone's shoes
  3. steps into the breach
  4. steps it
  5. steps lively
  6. steps off
  7. steps on
  8. steps on a frog
  9. steps on a rake
  10. steps on it
  11. steps on someone's lines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steps off (page history and authors); step off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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