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step-in   (TTS Sound)

The noun step-in has 1 sense

• pantie, panty, scanty, step-in -- (short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural))

The verb step in has 2 senses

• 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?")


• substitute, deputize, deputise, step in -- (act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold")