Phrase Hound found 72 phrases and 40 compound words that contain steps. The most common are listed below. Open steps in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 72
- take stepsTo initiate a course of action, often against something that one disapproves of.
- First Steps
- steps upthird-person singular simple present indicative of step up: To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.
- Three Steps
- two-stepsplural of two-step: A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
- Taking Steps
- time stepsplural of time step: A type of rhythmic tap combination.
- steps downthird-person singular simple present indicative of step down: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, down.
- steps forwardthird-person singular simple present indicative of step forward: to take one or more steps forward, especially in response to a request for identification
- baby stepsplural of baby step: A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
- dance stepsplural of dance step: One of a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular type of dance.
- fish stepsfish ladder
- half stepsplural of half step: The distance between two tones. In 12-tone equal temperament, its frequency ratio is 2^(1/12), or about 1.059 or 18/17.
- high-stepsthird-person singular simple present indicative of high-step: To raise the knees so as to approach or step over.
- whole stepsplural of whole step: An interval equal to two half steps; a whole tone.
- steps backthird-person singular simple present indicative of step back: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
- steps outthird-person singular simple present indicative of step out: To exit a place on foot, often for a short time.
- Penrose stepsSynonym of Penrose stairs: An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.
- two steps aheadHaving cleverly anticipated what others will do or think.
- between-stepsplural of between-step: An intermediate or intermediary step, stage, process, or phase.
- fire stepsplural of fire step: A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.
- hot stepsthird-person singular simple present indicative of hot step: Of a person, to dance with energy, style, and enthusiasm.
- one-stepsplural of one-step: A ballroom dance that was popular at the beginning of the twentieth century
- steps betweenthird-person singular simple present indicative of step between: To intervene in a dispute or act as mediator between two people or groups
- steps footthird-person singular simple present indicative of step foot: Eggcorn of set foot.
Compound words 40
- timestepsplural of timestep: A time interval.
- footstepsplural of footstep: The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
- misstepsthird-person singular simple present indicative of misstep: A step that is wrong, a false step.
- doorstepsplural of doorstep: An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
- stepsonsplural of stepson: The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
- sidestepsplural of sidestep: A step to the side.
- substepsplural of substep: Any smaller element of a step in a procedure.
- overstepsthird-person singular simple present indicative of overstep: To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
- eigenstepsplural of eigenstep: An iteration step whose size is related to an eigenvalue
- metastepsplural of metastep: A step of a metadynamics simulation