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stepped

VERB

move foot to walk

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dance go down skip stride tiptoe tread walk

STRONG

advance ambulate ascend descend hoof mince pace prance traipse trip troop

WEAK

go backward go forward go up move backward move forward

Example Sentences

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Stepped up enforcement by Mexican immigration authorities and summer heat also contributed to lower numbers of arriving migrants.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

Stepped down at Athletic Bilbao in May 2022.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023

Stepped On: You want your stepson to “just grow up,” but it sounds as if he is growing up.

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2021

“I am in blood/ Stepped in so far that should I wade no more/ Returning were as tedious as go o’er,” Macbeth tells his wife at the midpoint of his tragedy.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2019

Stepped on, though I felt it vaguely, already numb from the burning ants.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver