Usually means: Intervene or take action directly.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word step in:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. step in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. step-in, step in: Merriam-Webster
  3. step-in, step in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. step-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. step-in, step-in, step in: Collins English Dictionary
  6. step-in, step in: Vocabulary.com
  7. step-in: Wordnik
  8. step in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. step-in, step in: Wiktionary
  10. step-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. step-in: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. step-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. step-in, step in: Dictionary.com
  14. step-in, step in: Rhymezone
  15. step-in, step in: FreeDictionary.org
  16. step-in, step in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. step-in, step in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. step in: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. step-in, step in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. step in: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Step In: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See step_ins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (step in)

verb:  (intransitive) To act as a replacement or substitute.
verb:  (intransitive) To get involved; to act

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