Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Put on by stepping into.
- noun Panties with wide legs.
- noun A step-in garment.
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- noun also in plural An item of clothing which one
steps into to put on; specifically, women'spanties .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
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Examples
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All of them were high-heeled beige step-in sandals.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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This leaves the company €54 million short of the amount needed, meaning unless it can raise the funds in the open market this week, the government will need to step-in to prevent a default.
Portugal's Options to Avoid Bailout Dwindle Patricia Kowsmann 2011
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Ready to step-in is sophomore class mile record breaker Chelsey Sweinsson of Greenhill (Addison, Texas), who was fourth in this month's IAAF World Youth 1,500 meter final in Italy.
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If you are, please choose the one which does best convey the meaning from the comprehensive list for the article in question: underwear underpants panties or the rarely heard: step-in scanty
I say pyjama… 2008
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I can think of no one else better to serve as Vice-President, and also in the event that she would have to step-in to take over as President if somehting were to happen to Obama.
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I think these same voters would never want Palin as his step-in.
duh pookie 2008
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Time for a new hotty to step-in and make some mayhem. cee
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Al made some step-in shots and kind of got on a roll. ''
USATODAY.com 2007
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A short-term federal step-in, replacing the executives who oversaw this recent rocky history, and breaking up the banks into constituent parts seems to me like a pretty considerable agenda for a loosely-knit group of a handful activists.
Nationalize, Organize, Decentralize: A "New Way Forward" on America's Banks Scola, Nancy 2009
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WinPT is a nice step-in solution as a portable, graphical front-end for GnuPGP, an open-source implementation of the Pretty Good Privacy encryption.
WinPT Portable Encrypts And Unlocks Your USB Drive Data | Lifehacker Australia 2009
bilby commented on the word step-in
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March 14, 2015