Synonym: pace, tread, walk. Similar words: step by step, in step, step up, stem, steam, steak, steep, steer. Meaning: [step] n. 1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal 2. the distance covered by a step 3. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down 4. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway 5. relative position in a graded series 6. a short distance 7. the sound of a step of someone walking 8. a musical interval of two semitones 9. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface 10. a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed 11. a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance. v. 1. shift or move by taking a step 2. put down or press the foot, place the foot 3. cause (a computer) to execute a single command 4. treat badly 5. furnish with steps 6. move with one's feet in a specific manner 7. walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner 8. place (a ship's mast) in its step 9. measure (distances) by pacing 10. move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation.
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211, I was persuaded to step into the breach temporarily when they became too ill to continue.
212, You'll be in trouble if you don't watch your step.
213, He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.
214, The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.
215, He said it would be a retrograde step to remove single parent benefit.
216, In 1987 the Socialists took the unprecedented step of appointing a civilian to command the force.
217, There was a bounce to his step which I hadn't seen before.
218, Johnson took the popular step of sending in American troops .
219, Step outside, and you will know how to speak to a girl.
220, Step off twenty feet and then place a marker in the ground.
221, This was the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the Moon.
222, They expect him to step aside and make way for an old man.
223, As he walked into the office that morning, there was a spring in his step.
224, She is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to fame and fortune.
225, He doesn't want to step back from the center of things.
226, Now she must talk her sister through the process a step at a time.
226, Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and create good sentences.
227, He greeted the agreement as the first step towards peace.
228, The recent free elections mark the next step in the country's progress towards democracy.
229, The international community must step in to help rebuild the country.
230, The government are to step up their attempt to wage war against/on drugs.
231, Other firms are waiting in the wings, ready to step in and make an offer should the current deal fall through.
232, The new law is seen by many as a backward step.
233, Buying this house was a disastrous step: it's going to have a main road built behind it.
234, Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.
235, If you care to step outside, we can settle this.
236, The first step is to read the contents of a punch card into a core.
237, Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.
238, Television companies need to keep in step with public opinion.
239, A false step could have cost the climbers their lives.
240, You need to step up the pace of your exercises.