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step in (to the breach)

Fig. [for someone] to assume a position or take on a responsibility when there is a need or an opportunity to do so. The person who was supposed to help didn't show up, so I stepped into the breach. The manager stepped into the breach when Jane got sick.

See also: step

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We will not pretend to accompany the travellers step by step in this tremendous mountain scramble, into which they had unconsciously betrayed themselves. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context The concealment, innocent as it seems, was the first step in the second tragicomedy of John's existence. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context The First Consul, who listened for Rapp's step in the adjoining salon, opened the door suddenly, and found his aide-de-camp close to the wall of the cabinet. Vendetta by de Balzac, Honore View in context			steel against steel oneself for steely gaze steep steep in steer steer away from steer clear steer clear of steer for steer into steer through steer toward stem stem from stem the tide stem to stern step step aside step back step back on step between step by step step down step forward step in step inside step into step into shoes step into the breach step off step on step on it Step on it! step on the gas step on toes step out step out into step out of line step outside step over step right up step up step up to step up to the plate step-by-step stern steven stew stew in own juice stick			Step Dad step dance step dancing Step daughter step down step down step down step down step down Step Down Note Step Down Notes Step Down Transformer Step family Step father step fault step flashing step forward step forward step frame Step Frequency Radar Step function Step function Step Function Perturbative Numerical Method step functions step functions Step gable Step gable step gage Step grate Step Height Reduction step in step in something Step Increase Program Step Input/Output Table Step Inside step into step into shoes step into shoes step into shoes step into shoes step into shoes step into the breach step iron step joint step ladder step ladder step ladder step lake Step leader step loan step log step machine Step mom Step mom Step mother step mouth Step of Mind Ltd step off step off Step Off Ministry step off on the wrong foot

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