Meaning

3 senses
  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. To avoid a conflict; to back down.

    You better step off, man...

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.

    He stepped off the train.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom stepped off the bus with a big smile on his face.

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  2. Tom stepped off the train.

    ruТом вышел из поезда.

    deTom stieg aus dem Zug aus.

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  3. Tom stepped off the elevator.

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  4. Tom stepped off the scale.

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  5. Step off the train all alone at dawn.

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Forms

steps off, stepping off, stepped off, stepped off
Base formstep off · to step off
3rd person singularsteps off
Present participlestepping off
Past simplestepped off
Past participlestepped off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystep off
he, she, itsteps off

Past simpleLesson

all personsstepped off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stepped off
he, she, ithas stepped off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill step off

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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