step-off

[ step-awf, -of ]

/ ˈstɛpˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

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

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Origin of step-off

Noun use of verb phrase step off

Words nearby step-off

step into, step into someone's shoes, stepladder, stepmother, Stepney, step-off, step-on, Step on a crack, break your mother's back, step on it, step on someone's toes, step out

How to use step-off in a sentence

It was brief, "Please meet me to-morrow at the step-off—three o'clock."
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties|Charles Major
Dic could see her sitting with the stranger as she had sat with himself at the step-off.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties|Charles Major
Near the edge of the step-off platform on the fourth floor was an oaken panel, inscribed with silver lettering in relief.
Stand by for Mars!|Carey Rockwell
And Harold, who was a good little boy, made it a point not to "let down" when he was beyond the "step-off."
The Court of Boyville|William Allen White

I knew they would be at the step-off; it's such a lonely place.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties|Charles Major

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