step over

See also: stepover

English

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Noun

step over (plural step overs)

1. (soccer) A dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in.

Synonyms

• (soccer: a type of feint): pedalada, Denilson

Translations

a dribbling move in football

• Swedish: överstegsfint c
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Verb

step over (third-person singular simple present steps over, present participle stepping over, simple past and past participle stepped over)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To relocate oneself to a position of a few steps away; step aside.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) To carefully move making sure one doesn't tread on someone or something.

Translations

To carefully move to ensure one doesn't tread on someone or something

• Maori: tīkei
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• (deprecated template usage) French: enjamber (fr)
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Further reading

• step over on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• overpets, overstep