take steps

take steps
index devise (invent), frame (formulate), maneuver, perform (execute), plot, proceed (go forward), provide (arrange for), strive

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  • take steps — To take action • • • Main Entry: ↑step …   Useful english dictionary

  • take steps —    If you take steps, you start a course of action in order to accomplish something.     The town is taking steps to improve security in public car parks …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take steps — 1) begin to make plans or arrangements, make preparations The company has begun to take steps to stop people from smoking in the main office building. 2) to take a series of actions towards a specific objective …   Idioms and examples

  • take steps — verb To initiate a course of action. If necessary, I will take steps to clarify the situation before the deadline for lodging questions next Monday. Members should be aware that, in general, they should ask only the question that was lodged and… …   Wiktionary

  • take\ steps — v. phr. To begin to make plans or arrangements; make preparations; give orders. Usually used with to and an infinitive. The city is taking steps to replace its streetcars with busses. •• to take a series of actions towards a specific objective …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take steps — Synonyms and related words: act on, act upon, bear a hand, clear the decks, consider every angle, do something, do something about, forearm, get with it, go, guard against, hedge, leave out nothing, lift a finger, make sure, make sure against,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • take steps — {v. phr.} To begin to make plans or arrangements; make preparations; give orders. Usually used with to and an infinitive. * /The city is taking steps to replace its streetcars with busses./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take steps — {v. phr.} To begin to make plans or arrangements; make preparations; give orders. Usually used with to and an infinitive. * /The city is taking steps to replace its streetcars with busses./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take steps — walk by paces …   English contemporary dictionary

  • take steps — idi to employ necessary procedures …   From formal English to slang

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