Proceed and Step

Proceed

Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.

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Step and proceed are semantically related in go topic. In some cases you can use "Step" instead a verb "Proceed".

Nearby Word: proceeding

Step verb - To go on foot.

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Proceed and step are semantically related in movement topic. Sometimes you can use "Proceed" instead a verb "Step", if it concerns topics such as go.

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

character	proceed character	step character
life	proceed life	step life
role	proceed role	step role
way	proceed way	step way
Other words: door, weapon, player, gun, forwards.

Rittenhouse, if you'll kindly step this way, we will proceed to sever you from head to toe.

Source: Saw a Woman in Half
According to Sir Thomas Malory and the Vulgate, Sir Lancelot couldn't move more than a step without tripping over a Damsel Errant, who would then proceed to lead him into deadly peril.

Source: Damsel Errant
Eve ends up doing as much of the initial crime scene work as she can legally get away with and not step on toes, and provides the local cop with point by point advice on how to proceed from there.

Source: Literature / In Death

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