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step-in
[ step-in ]
adjective
- (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
noun
- step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- any step-in garment.
step in
verb
- informal.intr, adverb to intervene or involve oneself, esp dramatically or at a senior level
adjective
- prenominal (of garments, etc) put on by being stepped into; without fastenings
- (of a ski binding) engaging automatically when the boot is positioned on the ski
noun
- often plural a step-in garment, esp underwear
Word History and Origins
Origin of step-in1
Idioms and Phrases
Enter into an activity or situation; also, intervene. For example, The business was doing poorly until Stan stepped in , or They are going to make a mess of the mailing unless someone steps in and shows them what to do . [Late 1400s] Also see step into .Example Sentences
"There needs to be change and there needs to be agreement with the regions to put some positive steps in place and affect change," said Gatland.
Gensys Engine says the next step in the evolution of the tech is to go beyond just distinguishing between the types of squirrel and instead identify individual animals.
For the Clippers, the Cup game gave them another chance to improve their sloppy play when it came to taking care of the basketball and to keep taking steps in the right direction.
Identifying this compound is an important step in that process.
"These concentration estimates are the first steps in a larger monitoring effort, with further experimentation needed to determine the effects of time, distance and environmental factors on DNA detection rates," said Bahder.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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