step-in

Nouns

  • (n) short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) pantie, panty, scanty,

Verbs

  • (v) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
    • Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
    intervene, interfere, interpose,
  • (v) act as a substitute
    • She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold
    deputise, deputize, substitute,

Synonyms

pantie panty scanty intervene interfere interpose deputise deputize substitute

Words of close approximity

step on step-up step up