To (cause to) get off (something).
To come down; to descend.
To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.
The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, off.
To avoid a conflict; to back down
To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.