"take steps" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes steps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took steps",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> steps"
      },
      "expansion": "take steps (third-person singular simple present takes steps, present participle taking steps, simple past took steps, past participle taken steps)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If necessary, I will take steps to clarify the situation before the deadline for lodging questions next Monday. Members should be aware that, in general, they should ask only the question that was lodged and which appears in the Business Bulletin. Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson in Scottish Parliament on 19 June 2008."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To initiate a course of action, often against something that one disapproves of."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_steps-en-verb-C15nYxyb",
      "links": [
        [
          "initiate",
          "initiate"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "against",
          "against"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vzimam merki",
          "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
          "word": "взимам мерки"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
          "word": "klopodi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
          "word": "ryhtyä toimenpiteisiin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
          "word": "ryhtyä toimiin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
          "word": "prendre des mesures"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
          "word": "tomar medidas"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take steps"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes steps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took steps",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken steps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> steps"
      },
      "expansion": "take steps (third-person singular simple present takes steps, present participle taking steps, simple past took steps, past participle taken steps)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If necessary, I will take steps to clarify the situation before the deadline for lodging questions next Monday. Members should be aware that, in general, they should ask only the question that was lodged and which appears in the Business Bulletin. Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson in Scottish Parliament on 19 June 2008."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To initiate a course of action, often against something that one disapproves of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initiate",
          "initiate"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "against",
          "against"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vzimam merki",
      "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
      "word": "взимам мерки"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
      "word": "klopodi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
      "word": "ryhtyä toimenpiteisiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
      "word": "ryhtyä toimiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
      "word": "prendre des mesures"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to initiate a course of action",
      "word": "tomar medidas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take steps"
}