step down
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～ reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
step on
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～ place or press the foot on; "He stepped on the hem of her long gown"
step forward
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～ make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"
step
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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"
step in
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～ act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
step
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～ walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; "step over to the blackboard"
step down
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～ give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
step
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～ furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"
step out
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～ go outside a room or building for a short period of time
step
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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"
step
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～ treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
step
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～ measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
step
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～ shift or move by taking a step; "step back"
step in
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～ 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?"
step
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～ move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively"
stereotype
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～ treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
sterilise
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～ make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
sterilise
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～ make free from bacteria
sterilize
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～ make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
sterilize
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～ make free from bacteria