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单词 to fall into step
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to fall into (also in) step
(c) to fall into (also in) step.
(i) In military contexts: to begin to march at the same pace in a body of soldiers or as another soldier. More generally: to adopt the same pace and way of walking to match someone else (see in step at step n.1 4a). Also with with.
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1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxiv. 339 He falls into step, and marches off with the trooper, shoulder to shoulder.
1858 Liverpool Mercury 9 Oct. 3/2 A woman with a child..imploring an alms,..falling into step with him, walks by his side.
1917 S. Anderson Marching Men iii. 148 The file of marching men fell into step.
1958 A. Saxton Bright Web in Darkness viii. 58 He fell into step beside her, reaching out to take the suitcase.
2012 Z. Smith NW (2013) 167 Felix fell in step behind a tall girl in tight red jeans and spaghetti-strapped vest.
(ii) To conform or align with; = to fall into line (with) (see Phrases 1k(a)(ii)).
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1883 Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 17 26 Our philosophy..falls into step with natural science.
1904 World's Work Aug. 244/2 The layman can fall into step with the engineer in learning how the industrial establishments of the future must be built and equipped.
1981 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 14 Dec. In Ottawa, fiscal policy has decisively fallen into step behind a tight monetary policy.
2004 C. B. Guignon On being Authentic 142 We tend to fall in step with the expectations of others about how we are to enact our life stories.
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