The Collaborative International Dictionary
Step \Step\, v. t.
To set, as the foot.
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(Naut.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
To step off, to measure by steps, or paces; hence, to divide, as a space, or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
Usage examples of "to step off".
Do you have to step off the path to encounter the very best and worst of life?
But you vill get a mild shock 'or two vhen you try to step off der edge of der island.
So you had to step off the road and dodge around the houses, clambering over piles of rubble, and passing by broken drains and clogged sewers that nobody ever got around to fixing, and trying to avoid the children and chickens and mice that ran everywhere.
He'd go floundering if he chanced to step off the solid base of the landing pad.
Moishe Russie started to step off the curb, then jumped back in a hurry to avoid an Arab hurtling past on a bicycle.
Ashen prepared to step off the last submerged stone and past Tusser.
For instance, if the stairway to nowhere had worked best for Melanie, there would have come a point at which she would've been told to step off the end of those stairs, even though there was no end.