Meanings of using the stairs in English

It's like sliding down the bannister instead of using the stairs.

She was not, but neither was she using the stairs.

Michael scrambles up onto the stage without using the stairs; he makes a big show of turning up.

Nobody else was using the stairs.

It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize he wouldn't be using the stairs, so I held the elevator for him.

Maybe it would have been convenient in a music-room, but situated where it was it was certainly in the way of anybody using the stairs.

Deciding to take a walk, using the stairs instead of an elevator, performing 10-minute cardio exercises while seated can greatly help you achieve your goals.

She told the BBC's Mark Savage that she wanted to do something "more daring" than using the stairs to make her stage entrance.