Samba leader tried putting off step (6)
I believe the answer is:
stride
'step' is the definition.
(I know that step can be written as stride)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stride that I've seen before include "Long pace" , "Step out energetically" , "Walk with long steps" , "Extended footstep" , "Take long steps" .)