(military, typically derogatory) A style of march in which the legs advance in turn without bending the knee, whether as a low quick march or a rigorous high slow march for ceremonial occasions; the various drills associated with these marches.

(military, typically derogatory) To march with a goose-step.

(military) A step in marching, by which a soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25 degrees.

a form of aerobics involving repeated stepping up onto, and down from a block or platform

(transitive, idiomatic) To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility.

(idiomatic) To resign from office; to abdicate. / To gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic step down transformer.

To walk up a set of stairs as exercise.

An open space in an otherwise solid object through which a person can step or walk.

(computing, mathematics) A flash of insight that cracks a problem and paves the way to a solution.