Phrase Hound found 193 phrases and 225 compound words that contain step. The most common are listed below. Open step in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 193
- step upTo increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.
- step-by-stepProceeding from one step to the next in sequence.
- NeXT Step
- step forwardto take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification
- step backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
- First Step
- one-stepA ballroom dance that was popular at the beginning of the twentieth century
- step downUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, down.
- step outTo exit a place on foot, often for a short time.
- two-stepA ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
- step overA dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, in which the foot is moved over the ball without making contact with it.
- out of stepNot matching the movement of one's feet with that of others, or with an accompanying beat, while marching or walking.
- time stepA type of rhythmic tap combination.
- step functionA function from the real line to a finite subset of the real line.
- step offTo measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
- step asideTo move out of the way of somebody or something.
- Second Step
- step danceA dance emphasizing the dancer's steps.
- step showA performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.
- dance stepOne of a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular type of dance.
- step changeA sudden, discontinuous change.
- step-childAlternative form of stepchild: The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
- Last Step
- Another Step
- half stepThe distance between two tones. In 12-tone equal temperament, its frequency ratio is 2^(1/12), or about 1.059 or 18/17.
Compound words 225
- steppingpresent participle and gerund of step
- stepfatherThe husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
- stepperA person or animal that steps, especially energetically or high.
- instepThe arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle.
- stepsonThe son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
- stepdaughterThe daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
- stepchildThe child of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
- footstepThe mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
- stepmotherA woman who is a subsequent wife or partner of a person's parent, usually following the divorce or separation of their parents, or the death of one's biological mother.
- lockstepA step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.