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Definition of Step in

1. Verb. 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?"

2. Verb. Act as a substitute. "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

Definition of Step in

1. Verb. (intransitive) To act as a replacement or substitute. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To get involved; to act ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Step In

step-up transformer step aerobics step aside step back step by step step change step changes step chart step dance step dancing

step down step flashing step foot step forward step function step in (current term) step in front of a moving train step ladder step ladders step on

step on a rake step on it step on someone's toes step out step over step overs step stool step stools step to the fore

Literary usage of Step in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"It has occurred to me, and it seems worth suggesting as a step in the right direction, ... step in ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"E indicates the step, in which is the bearing » for the lower end of the ... to displace the step in order to remove the sliding law for repairs. ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"However, a comparison of the ratios of products 7 and 5 will yield a rate constant ratio which will depend on the rate-limiting step in the formation of 7 ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The immediate prospects are that the next practical step in the development of oyster culture in this country will be in the direction of raising in ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"Whether a yard conductor, killed by being thrown from the step in front of the engine, was guilty of contributory negligence held, under the evidence, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Some suspension bridges have broken down in consequence of the oscillations produced by bodies of men marching in step. In 1850 a suspension bridge cable ..."

7. Report (1904)
"THE NEXT step in FORESTRY IN MICHIGAN. , FILIBERT ROTH. The needs of doing something, to conserve and replace our diminishing supplies of timber have been ..."

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