take steps
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]
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How to use take steps in a sentence
But it can be done, if we take steps to reflect on our own actions.
Zelda Williams Is the Latest to Leave Twitter Because of Ugly Attacks | Tauriq Moosa | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course, cities can take steps right away to mitigate the damage done by militarizing law enforcement.
As a congressman in 1992, he promised to take steps to build more prisons.
More likely, it would make noises or take steps to unnerve peace with Israel in the Sinai just to show us up.
Leslie H. Gelb on the Democracy-Elections Trap in Egypt | Leslie H. Gelb | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe report calls on the Palestinians to recognize that Israeli security concerns are legitimate and to take steps to allay these.
Official Dutch Report Calls for Break with Uncritical Approach to Israel | Willem Aldershoff | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The workmen as we have seen could not, the masters would not, take steps in this direction.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertNasica demanded of the consul Scvola, who presided, to take steps to prevent the relection of Tiberius Gracchus.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton LewisWe will be content to make haste slowly and take steps to prevent the evils that have defeated those who have gone before.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanIf he, or they, or any of them choose to take steps to annoy her, let her attorney manage that in the usual way.
Orley Farm | Anthony TrollopeIt was, in truth, only a matter of time; and on Monday Mr. Wakefield would come down and begin to take steps.
Magnum Bonum | Charlotte M. Yonge
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