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step into the breach

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To do a task that one is not ordinarily expected to do because there is no one else to do it.

figuratively

Equivalents

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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step it step lively step off step on step on a duck step on a frog

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