1 dealing with someone, for example someone who has committed a crime, by giving them special treatment, rather than by sending them to prison, etc.: --
2 going in a different direction because a road, railway line, etc. is closed : --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.