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step into

step into verb: to take or assume a role.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To take or assume a role.
    • She stepped into the job adeptly.

Forms of step into

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

Questions about step into

What does step into mean?
Step into means to take or assume a role.
What part of speech is step into?
Step into is a verb.
What is the past tense of step into?
The past tense of step into is stepped into.

Words near step into in the dictionary

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

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