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step in it

step in it verb: to do something that gets oneself in trouble; to make a foreseeable blunder; to foolishly cause oneself a problem.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To do something that gets oneself in trouble; to make a foreseeable blunder; to foolishly cause oneself a problem.

Forms of step in it

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

Questions about step in it

What does step in it mean?
Step in it means to do something that gets oneself in trouble; to make a foreseeable blunder; to foolishly cause oneself a problem.
What part of speech is step in it?
Step in it is a verb.
What is the past tense of step in it?
The past tense of step in it is stepped in it.

Words near step in it in the dictionary

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

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