Beetle and Step

Beetle

Beetle verb - To extend outward beyond a usual point.

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Step and beetle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step" instead a verb "Beetle".

Nearby Words: beetling, beetled, beet

Step verb - To proceed or move quickly.

Usage example: many people wanted to linger before the president's bier, but guards kept the line of mourners stepping forward

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Beetle and step are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beetle" instead a verb "Step".

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

old	old beetle	old step
rare	rare beetle	rare step
normal	normal beetle	normal step
common	common beetle	common step
Other adjectives: small, real, large, big, huge, little, giant, previous, fifth, headed.

beetle times

step times

Flash Step: Beetle has actually been shown to be able to go around Sarge so fast that he's on one side of him in one panel and on the other side in the next, before anything else has time to happen.

Source: Comic Strip / Beetle Bailey
The box art takes this a step further by outright omitting Blue Beetle and having Cyborg rushing into battle with the team, meaning that we get a variation of the line-up from the TV show.

Source: Western Animation / Justice League Vs Teen Titans

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