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step
verb
▶ step on
to dilute a powdered drug US, 1971- I ain’t never tried to step on this much heh-rawn in my life. We got a few bags cut but the suitcase is still full. — Vernon E. Smith, The Jones Men, p. 48, 1974
- The dealer-in-weight sells by the piece (about an ounce) to street dealers. The street dealer (or dealer) buys the piece and then steps on it. — Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in the Black Market, p. 6–5, 1978
- As it is, he’s been stepping on it in ever-decreasing moderation[.] — Jim Carroll, Forced Entries, p. 11, 1987
- You put a one, one and half on it ’cause stuff is so shitty down there you can step all over the ounce and they still bringing home the best stuff around. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 180, 1992
- [H]is tackle was always of the best–creamy white, rocky, unstepped on[.] — Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, p. 70, 1996
- A dealer can “step” on his product as much as he wants[.] — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says ..., p. 14, 2000
- It’s-a powders yew want, like. Step on em a few times, yewer laughin’. — Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, p. 73, 2001
▶ step on the gas; step on it
to hurry; to accelerate; often used as an imperative US, 1920
Originally applied just to motor vehicles; the ‘it’ is the accelerator pedal.- The defining quality of haste is only now coming into focus in our cultural mirrors, as in the New Yorker cartoons: (1996) man getting into cab–“And step on it. This restaurant may be over any minute”[.] — The Guardian, 9 September 2000
- We have been urging the chancellor not to step on the gas as far as the economy is concerned[.] — The Guardian, 7 March 2001
▶ step on your dick
to commit a self-damaging act US- You just stepped on your dick. — Maledicta, p. 171, Winter 1980
▶ step on your meat
to engage in self-defeating conduct US- Before you step on your meat, let me draw you a little picture. — Gerald Petievich, One-Shot Deal, p. 191, 1981
▶ step up to the plate
to rise to a challenge US, 1919
From the image of a batter in baseball coming up to bat.- Republican Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, chairman of the committee probing campaign financing, said it was time for Bill Clinton to step up to the plate. — Gannett News Service, 10 October 1997
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