Talk:step

What evidence do you have that the first transitive definition given, meaning to set, as of a foot, is acceptible literate English and not just an error only made by foreigners and semi-illiterates, mistaking the simple word "step" for the phrase "set foot" and ending up saying "step foot", which in my view is simply wrong? — This unsigned comment was added by Iph (talk • contribs) at 16:09, 30 August 2016 (UTC).

See “step”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. for an older but high-quality dictionary that has the definition. The OED would be a good way to see whether there were citations since 1911. See “step”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. for modern dictionaries that also have the definition in question, eg. Collins, AHD, MWO. Not that I've ever noticed it in anything I've heard or read. DCDuring TALK 02:01, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

transitive verb: measure something by steps

transitive verb: to measure something by walking or pacing its length
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