Reference meaning
step off
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To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
Other meanings
2. verb
To avoid a conflict; to back down.
3. verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.
4. noun
A drop-off, a sudden decrease.
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