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stepped lively

stepped lively is the simple past and past participle of step lively.

Meaning of step lively

Verb

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

  1. (US, dated, idiomatic, imperative, usually) To move quickly; to hurry along.
    • Our London correspondent informs us that the "spirit of rush" possesses London. The motor omnibuses reach a speed rate of four miles an hour. The guards on the underground railway are beginning to exclaim "Step lively!" Old-fashioned, conservative Britons are indignant.1907 August 1, “The Sprit of Rush”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2023

Questions about stepped lively

What is stepped lively the simple past and past participle of?
Stepped lively is the simple past and past participle of step lively.

Words near stepped lively in the dictionary

  1. stepped in
  2. stepped into
  3. stepped into someone's shoes
  4. stepped into the breach
  5. stepped it
  6. stepped lively
  7. stepped off
  8. stepped on
  9. stepped on a frog
  10. stepped on a rake
  11. stepped on it

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