to step

Take action to start or continue a process

To enter and begin to be in a place, for example when people start living there and when weather arrives

To change from one state or activity to another

To go through a big change in your life or situation

To remain in one place and not leave

Be careful when you move and act to avoid danger and trouble

In a better position because you are ready before others

To do a task slowly, handling each part before the next

To take responsibility and act when a difficult situation happens

In a gradual way, doing each part one after another

Not in agreement with the ideas or actions of others

Doing something at the same time and in the same way as someone else

Make someone angry by doing their job or making decisions for them

To take responsibility and act when someone else cannot

Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important

An energetic way of walking that shows happiness or confidence

So valuable that you feel the effort was not wasted

No two experiences are exactly the same

A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people

Progress that bigger problems later undo

To imagine how someone else feels and sees things

Think in a new way instead of your usual way

To have unexpected problems because of your own mistake

To get involved to help or take someone's place

Leave a room or building briefly

Take action and accept responsibility for a task or problem

Give up an important job so someone else can take over

Volunteer to help or take responsibility

Move out of the way or leave a job so someone else can take it

Pause and think about a situation to understand it better

To put your foot on something, often by accident

Make something greater in amount, speed or strength

To pause and think again about a situation to see the bigger picture

To hurry and go faster, often when driving

Move a foot or leg over something to avoid touching it

To treat someone badly to gain power or get ahead

Go beyond what people consider acceptable

To press the pedal in a car to make it go faster or hurry to finish something

Offend someone by taking over work that belongs to them

Work harder to improve your skills and do better

To have sex with someone else while you have a partner

Move quickly when someone tells you to hurry

Reduce something to a lower level, for example power or voltage

To run code inside a called function step by step with a debugger

To march with straight legs swung high in military parades

Run the next line without entering functions it calls

Move at the same pace as other people when walking or marching

Keep up with changes so you do not fall behind

To go outside briefly to breathe and feel better

To move at the same speed as another person

Move aside so someone can pass

To have sex or a romantic relationship with someone who is not your partner

To offer to take charge of a group or task

The first action you take to begin something

Done in separate parts, each finished before the next

An increase in amount, level, or strength

A set of foot movements that form part of a dance

Done in a single stage that needs only one main step

The smallest jump between two notes in Western music, one piano key apart

Needing two actions to prove a person's identity online

A decrease in amount or level, for example moving to a lower job

A method with two steps done one after the other

A fast ballroom dance from the early 1900s with quick walking steps

A wrong action or decision that hurts progress

A small stool with one or two steps used to reach high places

A lively partner dance with quick then slow steps to music

A short portable structure with flat steps and two sides joined at the top to form an A shape

A device like a transformer that lowers electrical voltage

A place where a child sits as a short punishment for bad behaviour

A kind of dance where exact foot movements make the rhythm

A short one-piece underwear with shoulder straps worn by women or children

A device that raises the voltage of electric current that changes direction

The distance between two notes that are two piano keys apart

A stone or brick step that sticks out along the sloping edge of a gable wall

A stepped top on the end wall of a roof that looks like stone stairs

A stepped edge at the top of a wall under a sloping roof

A march with straight legs swung high used in military parades

A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run

A stage in getting better after illness, injury, or addiction

A rocket with two or more parts that fire one after another and drop away when empty to reach space

A device that lowers high electric voltage so appliances work safely