English Dictionary

step off

verb

(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 stepped off the distance between the two trees.

意味（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.

意味（2）

(African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down

You had better step off, man...

意味（3）

(inseparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.

He stepped off the train.