step to
step to · steps to · stepped to · stepping to
To challenge, confront or fightTo challenge, confront or fight (with someone).
» Step one is to assemble your team.
Перший крок - зібрати свою команду.
Meaning
3 senses(slang, transitive)To challenge, confront or fight (with someone).
Walter was angry, so he stepped to Bill.
(slang, transitive)To meet a challenge or confront (someone).
I couldn't let that insult go unchallenged, so I stepped to him.
To begin (a project or plan) quickly or urgently.
We got permission, so you had better step to it.
Examples
178 sentencesStep one is to assemble your team.
Перший крок - зібрати свою команду. — Ahha
Step one is to collect data.
Step one is to create a plan.
Tom took a step to the left.
deTom ging einen Schritt nach links. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Step one is to clean off your desk.
Forms
steps to, stepping to, stepped to, stepped to| Base form | step to · to step to |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | steps to |
| Present participle | stepping to |
| Past simple | stepped to |
| Past participle | stepped to |
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
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle