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Step in Moderate

Step in has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

"Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

2

act as a substitute

"She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

3

To act as a replacement or substitute.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
interact supplant
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
meddle interlope cover
Rhyming Words
ad in go in be in as in do in box in toe in mix in ink in eat in die in see in fox in run in lie in dob in set in get in let in dip in
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