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Step in
Step in verb - To make a brief visit.
Usage example: I just stepped in to say hi on my way to class
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Babylon 5 had Vice President Clark of the Earth Alliance, who was a front man for the Shadows and arranged the assassination of the President so he could step in and run Earth to their specifications.
Source: Evil Chancellor -
Hair-Trigger Temper: The Beast has this for half of the movie; realizing it made Belle run away was the first step in him overcoming it.
Source: Disney / Beauty and the Beast -
The author has implied that the Bondsmagi are happy to let the Muggles run their own lives... unless something pops up which threatens their own power, at which point they step in.
Source: The Magocracy
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Step in and Run. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/step_in
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Step in or Run. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/step_in.
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