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Noun: step-in  step in
  1. Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
    - pantie, panty, scanty
Verb: step in
  1. Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
    - intervene, interfere, interpose
     
  2. Act as a substitute
    - substitute, deputize, deputise [Brit]

Derived forms: steps in, stepped in, step-ins, stepping in

Type of: interact, pants [Brit], replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, underdacks [Austral], underdaks [Austral], underpants, undershorts [N. Amer]