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step in en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To act as a replacement or substitute.
   • McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian. 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
2. (intransitive) To get involved; to act.
   • HM Chief Inspector of Railways has stepped in to speed up work to resolve incidents of overspeeding, having been concerned that progress on the issue has been too slow. 2026 February 18, David Stubbings, “ORR steps in to improve industry response to overspeed incidents”, in RAIL, number 1055, page 9:

Forms

Translations (21)

tr karışmak (To get involved) · fr remplacer (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · ca substituir (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · ca reemplaçar (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · tr müdahale etmek (To get involved) · el επεμβαίνω (To get involved) · pt substituir (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · es substituir (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · de einspringen (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · tr araya girmek (To get involved) · de ersetzen (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · el παρεμβαίνω (To get involved) · it intervenire (To get involved) · fr intervenir (To get involved) · io remplasar (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · tr el atmak (To get involved) · es tomar cartas en el asunto (To get involved) · es intervenir (To get involved) · it rimpiazzare (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · fr substituer (To act as a replacement or substitute.) · es reemplazar (To act as a replacement or substitute.)