Steps in to bury phobias, say (10)

I believe the answer is:

interferes

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'steps in' is the definition.
('interfere' can be a synonym of 'step in')

'bury phobias say' is the wordplay.
'bury' becomes 'inter' (to inter is to put into the ground).
'phobias say' becomes 'feres' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inter'+'feres'='INTERFERES'

'to' acts as a link.

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