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take steps
Idioms and Phrases
Begin a course of action, as in The town is taking steps to provide better street lights , or They took steps to keep their plans secret . [Early 1600s]Example Sentences
A government source said they would take steps to "minimise the possibility of success" for any legal efforts to block the expansion.
The Trump administration continues to take steps that experts say will worsen pollution and other environmental issues, including loosening 31 key rules and regulations that govern air and water quality standards, electric vehicle initiatives and curbing planet-warming fossil fuels.
There's an obligation on the part of the executive branch, the part of the government that unlawfully removed Mr. Abrego Garcia from the country is they have a legal obligation to take steps to get him released from this prison and get him back to United States.
Some of the funding has been paused to press universities to take steps that the Trump administration says will fight antisemitism.
In response, Edison will take steps to harden other idle towers and lines across its network to prevent reenergizing incidents.
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