"step off" meaning in English

{
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "step off (third-person singular simple present steps off, present participle stepping off, simple past and past participle stepped off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-step_off-en-verb--QqU3Tib",
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "divider",
          "divider"
        ]
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "39 55 6",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 53 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You had better step off, man...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid a conflict; to back down"
      ],
      "id": "en-step_off-en-verb-Hv7klUF6",
      "links": [
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular; inseparable; African-American Vernacular; inseparable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off."
      ],
      "id": "en-step_off-en-verb-I8k65xym",
      "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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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "step off (third-person singular simple present steps off, present participle stepping off, simple past and past participle stepped off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "divider",
          "divider"
        ]
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You had better step off, man...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid a conflict; to back down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular; inseparable; African-American Vernacular; inseparable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "step off"
}