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51step on it — ► step on it informal go faster. Main Entry: ↑step …
52step up — ► step up increase the amount, speed, or intensity of. Main Entry: ↑step …
53step- — [step] [ME < OE steop , orphaned (akin to Ger stief , ON stjup ) < base of stiepan, to bereave, prob. < IE * (s)teub , to strike (hence “cut off”) > STUMP, STEEP1: orig. used of orphaned children] combining form related through the… …
54step-up — [step′up΄] adj. that steps up, or increases; specif., a) designating a transformer in which the output voltage is greater than the input voltage b) designating a gear that increases the speed n. an increase, as in amount, intensity, etc …
55step in — index enter (go in), intercede, intervene Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
56step up — index expand, increase, intensify Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
57step up to — index approach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
58step- — O.E. steop , with connotations of loss, in combinations like steopcild orphan, related to astiepan, bestiepan to bereave, to deprive of parents or children, from P.Gmc. *steupa bereft (Cf. O.Fris. stiap , O.N. stjup , Swed. styv , M.L.G. stef ,… …
59step — n. movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place; distance covered by moving one foot ahead of the other; short distance; stair; stage in a process v. move by lifting the foot and setting it down in another spot; walk;… …
60step on it — This idiom is a way of telling someone to hurry up or to go faster …
