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catch steps

catch steps is the plural of catch step.

Meaning of catch step

Noun

catch step (plural catch steps)

  1. A step in which one foot meets the other foot without passing it and the weight shifts to the foot that just moved.
    • While introduction is being played the little maid rubs her eyes and looks about, soon spying dandelions. She springs up and walks slowly toward dandelions, using this catch step: Right foot forward, then left brought forward, toe touching floor at right of right foot, then in front of right foot...1906, Hints, page 12
  2. A pause in order to assimilate new information.
    • The interpreter took a catch step before it translated what he'd said, and Kivrin felt a fleeting surprise that she couldn't understand him.2012, Connie Willis, Doomsday Book

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Questions about catch steps

What is catch steps the plural of?
Catch steps is the plural of catch step.

Words near catch steps in the dictionary

  1. catch someone with their pants down
  2. catch someone's drift
  3. catch someone's eye
  4. catch someone's fancy
  5. catch step
  6. catch steps
  7. catch strays
  8. catch the bus
  9. catch the eye
  10. catch the last chopper out of 'Nam
  11. catch the light

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