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step short (三人称単数 現在形 steps short, 現在分詞 stepping short, 過去形および過去分詞形 stepped short)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for step short under step in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)