step into the breach

step into the breach

1. (figuratively) To do a task that one is not ordinarily expected to do because there is no one else to do it.

   Synonyms: leap into the breach, jump into the breach

• “step into the breach” (US) / “step into the breach” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “step into the breach” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “step into the breach” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “step into the breach” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
• “step into the breach” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “into the breach” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.