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step to

step to verb: to challenge, confront or fight (with someone).

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To challenge, confront or fight (with someone).
    • Walter was angry, so he stepped to Bill.
  2. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To meet a challenge or confront (someone).
    • I couldn't let that insult go unchallenged, so I stepped to him.
  3. To begin (a project or plan) quickly or urgently.
    • We got permission, so you had better step to it.

Forms of step to

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

Questions about step to

What does step to mean?
Step to means to challenge, confront or fight (with someone).
What part of speech is step to?
Step to is a verb.
What is the past tense of step to?
The past tense of step to is stepped to.

Words near step to in the dictionary

  1. step stools
  2. step street
  3. step therapy
  4. step time
  5. step times
  6. step to
  7. step up
  8. step up on
  9. step up one's game
  10. step up to the plate
  11. step-

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