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plural of step
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steps
verb
present tense third-person singular of step
Synonyms & Antonyms of steps (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to go on foot
- I stepped across the street for a quick lunch at the new diner
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2
to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music
- she was in her element, happily stepping around the dance floor
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3
to proceed or move quickly
- many people wanted to linger before the president's bier, but guards kept the line of mourners stepping forward
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- barrels,
- belts,
- blasts,
- blazes,
- blows,
- bolts,
- bombs
- [slang],
- bowls,
- breezes,
- bundles,
- bustles,
- buzzes,
- cannonballs,
- careens,
- careers,
- chases,
- courses,
- cracks (on),
- dashes,
- drives,
- flies,
- hares,
- hastens,
- hies,
- highballs,
- hotfoots (it),
- humps,
- hurls,
- hurries,
- hurtles,
- hustles,
- jets,
- jumps,
- motors,
- nips,
- pelts,
- races,
- rams,
- rips,
- rockets,
- runs,
- rushes,
- rustles,
- scoots,
- scurries,
- scuttles,
- shoots,
- speeds,
- tears,
- travels,
- trots,
- whirls,
- whisks,
- zips,
- zooms
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“Steps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steps. Accessed 28 Jul. 2021.
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