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step over

verb
  1. To relocate oneself to a position of a few steps away; step aside. (intransitive)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, over.
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Thereafter he walked very carefully, with his eyes on the road, and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by he would step over it, so as not to harm it.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 36 · B2
“I’ll just step over to Green Gables after tea and find out from Marilla where he’s gone and why,” the worthy woman finally concluded.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 3 · C1
“Ah, then, we’ll step over afterwards,” said the Colonel, coolly settling down to his breakfast again.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 32 · B2

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