step into

verb

stepped into; stepping into; steps into

: to take a particular role or do a particular task

She stepped into the role/position of director.

Examples of step into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fellow second-year player CJ West likely will step into that role now, with rookie Gracen Halton also playing significant snaps. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

That hero is now stepping into Studio 8H to host the Season 52 opener of Saturday Night Live. — Peter White, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

While not every rags-to-riches story is quite like Pamela Anderson getting discovered on the jumbotron at a football game, some Hollywood stars had similarly surprising paths to stepping into the spotlight. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026

Theater Beatty made her Broadway debut in March 2024, stepping into the role of River in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Tony Award-winning play Appropriate. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

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