STEP — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
step
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
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- The situation called for strong measures.
- The police took steps to reduce crime.
The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down.
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- He walked with unsteady steps.
A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance.
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- He taught them the waltz step.
Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway.
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- He paused on the bottom step.
A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface.
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- The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window.
A musical interval of two semitones.
The sound of a step of someone walking.
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- He heard footsteps on the porch.
The distance covered by a step.
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- He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig.
A short distance.
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- It's only a step to the drugstore.
Relative position in a graded series.
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- Always a step behind.
- Subtle gradations in color.
- Keep in step with the fashions.
Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation.
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- She stepped into a life of luxury.
- He won't step into his father's footsteps.
Measure (distances) by pacing.
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- Step off ten yards.
Place (a ship's mast) in its step.
Shift or move by taking a step.
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- Step back.
Put down or press the foot, place the foot.
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- For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
- Step on the brake.
Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner.
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- Step over to the blackboard.
Move with one's feet in a specific manner.
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- Step lively.
Furnish with steps.
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- The architect wants to step the terrace.
Treat badly.
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- This boss abuses his workers.
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead.
Cause (a computer) to execute a single command.
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