Answer: stepped

AnswerCrossword Clue
STEPPEDStrode
steppedCarried out or occurring in stages or with pauses rather than continuously
steppedHaving or formed into a step or series of steps
STEPPEDLike ziggurats
STEPPED... lively
STEPPEDLike ziggurats and some mesas
STEPPEDLike Mayan pyramids
STEPPEDLike a ziggurat
STEPPEDTrod
STEPPEDPut one's foot down
STEPPEDWalked
STEPPED... it (danced).
STEPPEDWalked rapidly.
STEPPEDWalked briskly.
STEPPEDPaced.
STEPPEDMoved.
STEPPEDResigned, with "down"
STEPPEDRaised, with "up"