English Explanatory Dictionary

step into the breach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

step into the breach steps into the breach stepping into the breach stepped into the breach

Synonyms

leap into the breach jump into the breach

Related words

bell the cat take one for the team once more into the breach
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