AtD translation: off-angle step

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for the reply.



On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 4:11 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> It means pretty much what it says.  I think of it like a dance step, a
> step to the side at an angle. It’s not a standard term for anything
> specific.
>
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 3:02 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> P647.18-23   “Oh? Somebody around here’s a damn thief ?” inquired Hatch in
>> what he must have been told was a menacing voice. Frank, who’d been
>> watching the men’s feet, took a short off-angle step so as to have
>> speedier
>> access to his Police Special.
>>
>> What is an "off-angle step" exactly?
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