Put one's foot down
The crossword clue "Put one's foot down" is answered by STEP, a 4-letter entry. Used 57 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
STEP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEP answer page.
Used 57 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- INSIST (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for STEP
Every other clue in this collection answered by STEP, most used first.
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- Short distance - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a process - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Ladder rung - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Staircase part - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Dance unit - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Big first for a baby - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Rung - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Dance lesson - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Footfall - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Pedometer unit - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Flight part - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a flight - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Rung of a ladder - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Pace - used 32 times, most recently in 2014
- Escalator part - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Degree. - used 29 times, most recently in 2012
- Bit of choreography - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Dance bit - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Flight unit - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a staircase - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- "Watch your ___!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Procedure part - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Dance movement - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- Choreography bit - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Part of a plan - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Stride - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Fitbit unit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
- Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
- Put away - STOW, used 205 times
- Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
- Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
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