into the breach

idiom

—used with step/leap/jump (etc.) to indicate providing help that is badly needed, such as by doing a job when there is no one else available to do it

He stepped into the breach when the company needed new leadership.

Examples of into the breach in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While still on Dawson’s Creek, Van Der Beek hosted Saturday Night Live — the musical guest was Everlast — and landed a plumb role in Varsity Blues, playing a second-string high school quarterback who leaps into the breach when the star suffers an injury. —Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026

Now, a new startup is stepping directly into the breach. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2025

This comes as Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown on Wednesday launched an investigation into the breach from a third-party business that works with BCBSMT. —Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025

As the western dried up around him, Sam Peckinpah assembled a group of grizzled veterans for one last trip into the breach. —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 July 2025

The 40-year-old was thrown into the breach when longtime manager Bud Black was fired last week. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 18 May 2025

The sheriff's office showed surveillance video uncovered during their investigation into the breach that showed the inmates jarring open a sliding door on a cell, fleeing from the loading dock and running crossing Interstate 10. —Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 16 May 2025

Rhymes for into the breach

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• beech
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• breech
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• keech
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• meech
• peach
• preach
• reach