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Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal The situation called for strong measures The police took steps to reduce crime |
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The distance covered by a step He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig |
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The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down He walked with unsteady steps |
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Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway He paused on the bottom step |
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Relative position in a graded series Always a step behind Subtle gradations in color Keep in step with the fashions |
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A short distance It's only a step to the drugstore |
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The sound of a step of someone walking He heard footsteps on the porch |
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A musical interval of two semitones |
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A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window |
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A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed |
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A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance He taught them the waltz step |
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Shift or move by taking a step Step back |
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Put down or press the foot, place the foot For fools rush in where angels fear to tread Step on the brake |
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Cause (a computer) to execute a single command |
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Treat badly This boss abuses his workers She is always stepping on others to get ahead |
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Furnish with steps The architect wants to step the terrace |
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Move with one's feet in a specific manner Step lively |
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Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner Step over to the blackboard |
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Place (a ship's mast) in its step |
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Measure (distances) by pacing Step off ten yards |
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Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation She stepped into a life of luxury He won't step into his father's footsteps |
| noun | measure, maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre
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| noun | footstep, pace, stride, indefinite quantity
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| noun | locomotion, travel |
| noun | stair, support |
| noun | gradation, rank |
| noun | stone's throw, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
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| noun | footfall, footstep, sound |
| noun | tone, whole tone, whole step, interval, musical interval
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| noun | footprint, footmark, mark, print |
| noun | block |
| noun | dance step, locomotion, travel |
| verb | travel, go, move, locomote, step out
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| verb | tread, travel, go, move, locomote |
| verb | run, execute |
| verb | mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat, treat, handle, do by
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| verb | supply, provide, render, furnish |
| verb | travel, go, move, locomote |
| verb | walk |
| verb | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
| verb | pace, quantify, measure |
| verb | move |