step into
Go into a place or start a new job, role, or situation.
Meanings
To physically enter a space or location.
"She stepped into the conference room and immediately felt nervous."
To begin to occupy or take on a new role, position, or responsibility.
"After years of preparation, she was finally ready to step into the role of head surgeon."
"You are stepping into a great stream of history."
— George W. Bush, address to new CIA officers (widely cited)
To enter an unfamiliar, risky, or transformative situation.
"Leaving his corporate job to start a business meant stepping into the unknown."
Very common with abstract nouns: 'step into a role', 'step into someone's shoes', 'step into the unknown'. The phrase 'step into someone's shoes' is a fixed idiom meaning to take over their responsibilities.
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