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half-steps

half-steps is the plural of half-step.

Meaning of half-step

Verb

half-step (third-person singular simple present half-steps, present participle half-stepping, simple past and past participle half-stepped)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To back down from; fail to follow through or complete; to be slack
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To fail to display full commitment, preparation, or genuineness; to be a poser; to be a fake or fraud
    • No half-steppin', either you want it or you just playin' / I'm listenin' to you knowin' I can't believe what you sayin'2014 April 28, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, “Problem”, in My Everything, performed by Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea, track 2

Questions about half-steps

What is half-steps the plural of?
Half-steps is the plural of half-step.

Words near half-steps in the dictionary

  1. half-solid
  2. half-staff
  3. half-staffs
  4. half-standard
  5. half-step
  6. half-steps
  7. half-strained
  8. half-suit
  9. half-suits
  10. half-swastika
  11. half-swastikas

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