Definition of "step off"

step off

verb
third-person singular simple present steps off, present participle stepping off, simple past and past participle stepped off
1. (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.
2. (African-American Vernacular, inseparable) To avoid a conflict; to back down
3. (inseparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step,‎ off.
  Quotations
  Today, when stepping off the train, you're presented with a bright and airy concourse that's ringed with a variety of facilities.
  2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27