step into the breach

verb

To do a task that one is not ordinarily expected to do because there is no one else to do it.

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leap into the breachjump into the breach
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Meanings

verbstep into the breach (third-person singular simple present steps into the breach, present participle stepping into the breach, simple past and past participle stepped into the breach)

present singular third person steps into the breach · participle present stepping into the breach · participle past stepped into the breach · past stepped into the breach

  1. figurativelyTo do a task that one is not ordinarily expected to do because there is no one else to do it.

    Synonyms: leap into the breach, jump into the breach

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo do a task that one is not ordinarily expected to do because there is no one else to do it.

Similar
leap into the breachjump into the breach

Translations

Finnish tulla tilalle, tulla apuun
  • tulla tilalleTranslations
  • tulla apuunTranslations
French prendre le relai, remplacer
  • prendre le relaiTranslations
  • remplacerTranslations
German in die Bresche springen
  • in die Bresche springenTranslations
Polish wypełniać lukę, wypełnić lukę
  • wypełniać lukęTranslations
  • wypełnić lukęTranslations
Russian подмени́ть, замести́ть
  • подмени́ть (podmenítʹ)Translations
  • замести́ть (zamestítʹ)Translations
  • заступи́ть (zastupítʹ)Translations
  • замени́ть (zamenítʹ)Translations
  • вы́ручить (výručitʹ)Translations
  • прийти́ на вы́ручку (prijtí na výručku)Translations
  • взять в свои́ ру́ки (vzjatʹ v svoí rúki)Translations
  • взять бразды́ правле́ния (vzjatʹ brazdý pravlénija)Translations
  • встать у руля́ (vstatʹ u ruljá)Translations
  • приня́ть эстафе́ту (prinjátʹ estafétu)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

step into the breach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20into%20the%20breach

MLA

“step into the breach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20into%20the%20breach. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “step into the breach,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20into%20the%20breach.

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