step into
step into · steps into · stepped into · stepping into
To take or assume a roleTo take or assume a role.
» Step into my office.
Meaning
1 sensesTo take or assume a role.
She stepped into the job adeptly.
Examples
84 sentencesStep into my office.
Tom stepped out into the hallway.
Tom stepped back into the house.
Tom stepped out into the hall.
Tom stepped into the apartment and closed the door.
Forms
steps into, stepping into, stepped into, stepped into| Base form | step into · to step into |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | steps into |
| Present participle | stepping into |
| Past simple | stepped into |
| Past participle | stepped into |
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.
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