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step aside |
step by step |
step dancing |
step down |
step forward |
step in
| step ladder
| step lively
| step on
| step on it
| step out
step in
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb step in has 2 senses
- step in(v = verb.social) interfere, interpose, intervene - get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" is one way to interact
- step in(v = verb.social) deputise, deputize, substitute - act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" is one way to replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
THESAURUS
step in
act between, admit, arbitrate, bargain, barge in, be admitted, break in, breeze in, burst in, bust in, call, come barging in, come breezing in, come busting in, come by, come in, come over, creep in, cross the threshold, crowd in, drop, drop in, edge in, enter, gain admittance, get in, go between, go in, go into, have an entree, have an in, hop in, insert, intercede, intermediate, interpose, intervene, intrude, irrupt, jam in, judge, jump in, look in, make terms, mediate, meet halfway, moderate, negotiate, pack in, pop in, press in, push in, put in, referee, represent, set foot in, slip in, squeeze in, take in, thrust in, treat with, umpire, visit, wedge in, work inROGET THESAURUS
step in
Mediation
VB mediate, mediatize, intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene, step in, negotiate, meet halfway, arbitrate, magnas componere lites, bargain.
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