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grandmother's footsteps

grandmother's footsteps noun: red light, green light.

Noun

grandmother's footsteps (uncountable)

  1. red light, green light
    • But its [the thorny devil's] best hope is to remain unseen in the first place and to this end the Devil, which is camouflaged in shades of brown and yellow, walks slowly and stops often, like a chameleon or a participant in a neverending game of grandmother's footsteps.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 298

Questions about grandmother's footsteps

What does grandmother's footsteps mean?
Grandmother's footsteps means red light, green light.
What part of speech is grandmother's footsteps?
Grandmother's footsteps is a noun.

Words near grandmother's footsteps in the dictionary

  1. grandmother cell
  2. grandmother cells
  3. grandmother clock
  4. grandmother clocks
  5. grandmother rule
  6. grandmother's footsteps
  7. grandmother-in-law
  8. grandmotherfucker
  9. grandmotherfuckers
  10. grandmotherhood
  11. grandmothering

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