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step-in

 
Noun step-in has 1 sense
  1. pantie, panty, scanty, step-in - short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
    --1 is a kind of underpants
Verb step-in has 2 senses
  1. intervene, step in, interfere, interpose - get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
    --1 is one way to interact
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. substitute, deputize, deputise, step in - act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
    --2 is one way to supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
stents stenuous step-and-a-half step-by- step-by-step step-down step-down transformer step-grandson step-in step-mom step-up step-up transformer step-wise step step aside step ball change step by step

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