STEP INTO Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

step into

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Definition of step into

as in access

to go or come in or into Please step into my office.

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set foot in

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That means Mexican nationality can continue in perpetuity even if future offspring never set foot in the country — so long as their parent was a Mexican national.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
For most of her life, Onorato, 61, had not set foot in a voting booth.

— Whitman Littlefield, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026

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