baby step
baby step noun: a small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
Noun
baby step (plural baby steps)
- A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
- Learning a new language is difficult, so we'll learn by taking baby steps.
- “From a news operation standpoint, we’re going to start out with baby steps, but, eventually, this is going to be what you would expect it to be: a 24-hour operating network that covers a sport soup to nuts.”2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Forms of baby step
| plural | baby steps |
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Origin of baby step
From the small, awkward movements of a young child learning to walk.
Questions about baby step
- What does baby step mean?
- Baby step means a small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
- What part of speech is baby step?
- Baby step is a noun.
- What is the plural of baby step?
- The plural of baby step is baby steps.
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