"step off" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "steps off",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stepping off",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stepped off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stepped off",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He measured the garden by stepping it off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "separable"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You had better step off, man...",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid a conflict; to back down"
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      "links": [
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
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      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular; inseparable; African-American Vernacular; inseparable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He stepped off the train.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:",
          "text": "Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that's ringed with a variety of facilities.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "step",
          "step#English"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "inseparable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(inseparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "step off"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "steps off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stepping off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stepped off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stepped off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He measured the garden by stepping it off.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers."
      ],
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        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "divider",
          "divider"
        ]
      ],
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        "(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."
      ],
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        "separable"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You had better step off, man...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid a conflict; to back down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular; inseparable; African-American Vernacular; inseparable",
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        "(African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "He stepped off the train.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:",
          "text": "Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that's ringed with a variety of facilities.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "step",
          "step#English"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "inseparable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(inseparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off."
      ]
    }
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