step forward
To take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identificationTo take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification
» Take another step forward.
Сделай ещё шаг вперёд.
Сделай ещё один шаг вперёд.
Сделайте ещё один шаг вперёд.
Зроби ще один крок уперед.
Зробіть ще один крок уперед.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification
Private Johnson, step forward!
(idiomatic, intransitive)To volunteer for something; to offer one's services
(idiomatic, intransitive)To admit one's wrongdoing, to own up
- make oneself visible; take action
Examples
63 sentencesTake another step forward.
Зроби ще один крок уперед. — miketheknight
ruСделай ещё шаг вперёд. — odexed
Tom took a few steps forward.
ruТом сделал несколько шагов вперёд. — odexed
That was a huge step forward.
It was a huge step forward.
Take three steps forward.
Forms
steps forward, stepping forward, stepped forward, stepped forward| Base form | step forward · to step forward |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | steps forward |
| Present participle | stepping forward |
| Past simple | stepped forward |
| Past participle | stepped forward |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- step upпропонувати, офіруватиTo increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.
- step outвийти, виходитиTo exit a place on foot, often for a short time.
- step onнаступати, наступитиTo adulterate (a drug) for the purpose of increasing its bulk, and therefore the profit when sold; to dilute, cut.
- step inзамінятиTo act as a replacement or substitute.
- step downйти, пітиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, down.
- step offTo measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
- step backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
- step overTo relocate oneself to a position of a few steps away; step aside.
Synonyms
5 synonyms- make oneself visible; take action:come to the forecome forwardstep upstep to the forecome out
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb