"step foot" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: steps foot [present, singular, third-person], stepping foot [participle, present], stepped foot [participle, past], stepped foot [past]
Etymology: Apparently a blending of step with set foot, perhaps by confusion. Etymology templates: {{m|en|step}} step, {{m|en|set foot}} set foot Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} step foot (third-person singular simple present steps foot, present participle stepping foot, simple past and past participle stepped foot)
  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative form of set foot Tags: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, proscribed Alternative form of: set foot
    Sense id: en-step_foot-en-verb-cBcWG~of Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2005, Jay Emerson Johnson, Dancing With God: Anglican Christianity And The Practice Of Hope, page 49",
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