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step in

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pantie, panty, scanty, step-inverb

    short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

  2. intervene, step in, interfere, interposeverb

    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?"

  3. substitute, deputize, deputise, step inverb

    act as a substitute

    "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

Wiktionary

  1. step inverb

    To act as a replacement or substitute.

  2. step inverb

    To get involved; to act

ChatGPT

  1. step in

    A "step in" is an action or movement by someone or something to get involved in a situation or process, with the intent to handle, manage, or influence the situation or process. It often implies intervention or participation that may alter a current course of events.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of step in in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of step in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of step in in a Sentence

  1. Elliott Jacobson:

    I can’t understand how she can plead not guilty since she’s already been convicted of murdering her mom, the important thing about this is there is going to be a real trial. For us, this is a step in the right direction. I think it would be very helpful for everybody to understand the withheld information in relation to the case from Plato to NATO.

  2. Jez Langhorn:

    Our new collections focus on comfort, fit, functionality and contemporary professionalism, delivering a uniform that crew and managers will feel comfortable to work in and proud to wear, beyond that, it’s another step in the company’s continuous effort to raise the bar by investing in people and improving the restaurant experience with a focus on hospitality.

  3. President Michelle Bachelet:

    This is a concrete step in the drive to end the difference between homosexual and heterosexual couples.

  4. Daniel Quinn:

    As a man, as a father of a young boy myself at the time, I felt obliged to step in to prevent further repeat occurrences.

  5. Staff Mark Meadows:

    We still have a long ways to go, i can tell you that we spent the last three days, actually last four days, trying to get to some kind of consensus, at least to start negotiating. Yesterday was a step in the right direction. Our staffs are actually working today. Well be meeting again tomorrow. But Im not optimistic that there will be a solution in the very near term. Andand thats why I think the effort that Senator Martha McSally led on the Senate floor to extend the enhanced unemployment was the right move. And yet Senator Schumer and his Democratic colleagues blocked that.

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