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step in

step in verb: to act as a replacement or substitute.

Verb

step in (third-person singular simple present steps in, present participle stepping in, simple past and past participle stepped in)

  1. (intransitive) To act as a replacement or substitute.
    • McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record
  2. (intransitive) To get involved; to act.
    • HM Chief Inspector of Railways has stepped in to speed up work to resolve incidents of overspeeding, having been concerned that progress on the issue has been too slow.2026 February 18, David Stubbings, “ORR steps in to improve industry response to overspeed incidents”, in RAIL, number 1055, page 9

step in meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

step in in Tamil

குறுக்கிடு உள் நுழை

step in in Malayalam

intercede, intervene, involve oneself
ഇടപെടുക, സഹായിക്കാനായി ഇടപെടുക, ഇടയ്ക്കുകയറി ഇടപെടുക, ഉൾപ്പെടുക, പ്രവേശിക്കുക, ഇടയിൽച്ചാടുക
sit in, stand in, fill in
പകരം നിൽക്കുക, പകരക്കാരനാകുക, മറ്റൊരാളിനു പകരം ഇരിക്കുക, ബദലായിരിക്കുക, മറ്റൊരാളിന്റെ സ്ഥാനം എടുക്കുക, മറ്റൊരാളിന്റെ ചുമതല ഏറ്റെടുക്കുക

Forms of step in

third-person singular presentsteps in
present participlestepping in
past participlestepped in
paststepped in

Questions about step in

What does step in mean?
Step in means to act as a replacement or substitute.
What is step in in Tamil?
Step in in Tamil is குறுக்கிடு உள் நுழை. See Step in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is step in?
Step in is a verb.
What is the past tense of step in?
The past tense of step in is stepped in.

Words near step in in the dictionary

  1. step forward
  2. step function
  3. step functions
  4. step grate
  5. step grates
  6. step in
  7. step in it
  8. step into
  9. step into someone's shoes
  10. step into the breach
  11. step it

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: step in (page history and authors); step in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); step in (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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