step into the breach

"These are the two people who should step into the breach."

Will did not step into the breach; he knew what was coming.

Part of the reason is clearly that government simply does less here, so others must step into the breach.

They will step into the breach if there's a crisis.

"His grandmother will be ready to step into the breach."

"If Washington is going to fail us, states must step into the breach," he said.

The Commission has clearly lost no time in stepping into the breach this opened up.

The panel moved aside, and she stepped into the breach.

Whether by default or design, government is stepping into the breach.

Western Europe, with far fewer economic opportunities, stepped into the breach.

There was an awkward silence until the President stepped into the breach.

Some brave soul must have stepped into the breach, I thought.

It is your responsibility to step into the breach.

To find local government stepping into the breach is very heartening.

You are very brave to step into the breach.

But what if nobody had stepped into the breach?

But now there is nobody, so we've stepped into the breach."

So medical-claims companies will step into the breach - for a fee.

Before he could think of a suitable reply, his chief medical officer stepped into the breach.

So's your sister less so than your father, but her husband stepped into the breach and took over.

Instead, new power generation companies, called merchant generators, have stepped into the breach.

So 10 state attorneys general, busy enough to be widely known as the "food police," stepped into the breach.

Would I care to step into the breach?

Sam stepped into the breach and bore her away.

He says that if the state fails to meet its social obligations it will be the task of each Christian to step into the breach.