Step in has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
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.
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