to step over
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1.6
- phrasal verb
:
pasar por encima de
- Getting up from the cot, Jimmy Lanso stepped over to the tiny TV and turned down the sound.
- step over the threshold
- step over the puddles
- step over the sill
And I would, you know, push aside or step over whoever was in my way to get down.
- And I would, you know, push aside or step over whoever was in my way to get down.
- So as my foot steps over the bloody line and I start running to the centre circle, jogging to the centre circle, this roar comes up.
- So you step over then step on then, you know, look, and Dakota, her first son was kind of running around in his diapers.
Examples
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To avoid the puddle, she had to step over it carefully.
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He decided to step over the low fence instead of going around.
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And then after after we step over that, we're going to try and get through here.
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- Just step over here, please, sir.
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However, step over here where I can get a better light.
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Step over here and take it away from me.
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Just step over the pile of bones.
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Who knows what people feel as they step over the threshold into the showers?
Fiction book (1991) -
Now, if you'll step over here, please.
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Subjects were asked to step over bolsters or walk around cones without touching them.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
To push yourself off the ground with your legs into the air
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1.0
A quick small jump often on one foot
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4.4
To jump over an obstacle, often using the hands or a pole for support
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3.3
To move across a place, often above the ground
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2.2
To jump lightly from one side to the other using small jumps
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8.0
To jump across an obstacle like a fence or wall
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'step' (advance) and 'over' (past/across) suggest the general idea of moving past something, which maps onto the debugging action of advancing execution without entering a called function. However, the precise technical sense used in debugging is domain-specific and not fully predictable for a general B1 learner who only knows the literal meanings, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Step over comes from the simple image of lifting your foot and going over an object in your path, like a puddle or a sleeping dog. So 'to step over' means 'to move past something without touching it'.