- take steps
- {v. phr.} To begin to make plans or arrangements; make preparations; give orders. - Usually used with "to" and an infinitive. * /The city is taking steps to replace its streetcars with busses./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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take steps — {v. phr.} To begin to make plans or arrangements; make preparations; give orders. Usually used with to and an infinitive. * /The city is taking steps to replace its streetcars with busses./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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