step-off

[ step-awf, -of ]

noun

1. an abrupt drop, as from a shoreline into deep water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of step-off¹

Noun use of verb phrase step off

Example Sentences

It was brief, "Please meet me to-morrow at the step-off—three o'clock."

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Dic could see her sitting with the stranger as she had sat with himself at the step-off.

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Near the edge of the step-off platform on the fourth floor was an oaken panel, inscribed with silver lettering in relief.

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And Harold, who was a good little boy, made it a point not to "let down" when he was beyond the "step-off."

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I knew they would be at the step-off; it's such a lonely place.

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