step in

Questions about step in

What does step in mean?

step in means "get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for step in?

Close synonyms include intervene, interfere, interpose, substitute, deputize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is step in a common word?

step in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.