To match the pace (of another person or a beat). / (metaphoric) To change so as to function harmoniously with; fit in. / (metaphoric) To adjust to advances in circumstances or criteria; catch up.

A step in which one foot meets the other foot without passing it and the weight shifts to the foot that just moved. / A pause in order to assimilate new information.

(idiomatic) A dangerous person, who is not to be messed with.

A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek. / (idiomatic) Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else.

(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.

Alternative form of stepping stone

plural of goose-step

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goose-step