S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[step into] {v.}
1. To come or go into.
The taxi stopped, and we stepped into it.
Mr. Jones called to his secretary to step into his office.
2. To begin to do, undertake.
When the star became sick, his understudy stepped into his part.
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[step into one's shoes] {v. phr.}
To do what someone else usually does after he has stopped doing it.
When Bill's father died, Bill had to step into his father's shoes to support his mother.
* /A coach trains the junior varsity to step into the […]
[step off] {v.}
1. To walk or march quickly.
The drum major lowered his baton and the band stepped off.
2. or [pace off]. To measure by taking a series of steps in a line.
* /The farmer stepped off the edge of the field to see how much fencing […]
[step on it] or [step on the gas] {v. phr.}
1. To push down on the gas pedal to make a car go faster.
Be very careful when you step on the gas. Don't go too fast.
Compare: [GIVE IT THE GUN].
2. {informal}
To go faster; hurry.
* /Step on it, or […]
[step on one's toes] or [tread on one's toes] {v. phr.}
To do something that embarrasses or offends someone else.
If you break in when other people are talking, you may step on their toes.
* /Mary is pretty, and she often treads on the toes of the […]
[step out] {v. phr.}
1. To go out, particularly socially, as on a date.
Paul said to Sylvia, "You look so dressed up tonight — you must be stepping out, eh?"
2. To leave for a short period during the work day to go to the lavatory or to get a cup […]
[step out on] {v. phr.}
To be unfaithful to one's marriage partner or steady lover.
It is rumored that he has been stepping out on his wife. That's why she's so upset.
[step up] {v.}
1. To go from a lower to a higher place.
John stepped up onto the platform and began to speak.
2. To come towards or near; approach.
The sergeant called for volunteers and Private Jones stepped up to volunteer.
* /John waited […]