take steps

verb

To initiate a course of action, often against something that one disapproves of.

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Meanings

verbtake steps (third-person singular simple present takes steps, present participle taking steps, simple past took steps, past participle taken steps)

present singular third person takes steps · participle present taking steps · past took steps · participle past taken steps

  1. To initiate a course of action, often against something that one disapproves of.
    1 more example

    If necessary, I will take steps to clarify the situation before the deadline for lodging questions next Monday. Members should be aware that, in general, they should ask only the question that was lodged and which appears in the Business Bulletin. Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson in Scottish Parliament on 19 June 2008.

Translations

Bulgarian взимам мерки
  • взимам мерки (vzimam merki)to initiate a course of action
Esperanto klopodi
  • klopodito initiate a course of action
Finnish ryhtyä toimenpiteisiin, ryhtyä toimiin
  • ryhtyä toimenpiteisiinto initiate a course of action
  • ryhtyä toimiinto initiate a course of action
French prendre des mesures
  • prendre des mesuresto initiate a course of action
Hindi क़दम उठाना
  • क़दम उठाना (qadam uṭhānā)to initiate a course of action
Polish podejmować kroki, podjąć kroki
  • podejmować krokito initiate a course of action
  • podjąć krokito initiate a course of action
Spanish tomar medidas
  • tomar medidasto initiate a course of action
Cite this entry
APA

take steps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20steps

MLA

“take steps.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20steps. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take steps,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20steps.

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