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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstep into something phrasal verbto start doing something, or become involved in a situation Sally stepped into the role of team leader. → step→ See Verb table
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step into • They had not gone far, when they had stepped into a small clearing.• So Mrs Thatcher, demonstrating hitherto unsuspected social graces, decided to step into the breach herself.• Mixed, she said, because it had given the theatre the opportunity to invite P.L. O'Hara to step into the breach.• Shards of glass were embedded in the foul slippery mess, and we tried to avoid stepping into the deepest parts.• He stepped into the dining room.• But having an office that's portable is just one step into the new farm office.• By the time he saw a face, the attacker was gone and Hicks had stepped into the picture, Hayes said.• Even in the final years of the Soviet Union, the managers were stepping into the void created by waning party power.
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