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oblique step

oblique step noun: a step in marching, by which a soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25 degrees.

Noun

oblique step

  1. A step in marching, by which a soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25 degrees.

Questions about oblique step

What does oblique step mean?
Oblique step means a step in marching, by which a soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25 degrees.
What part of speech is oblique step?
Oblique step is a noun.

Words near oblique step in the dictionary

  1. oblique speech
  2. oblique sphere
  3. oblique spheres
  4. oblique stem
  5. oblique stems
  6. oblique step
  7. oblique strain
  8. oblique strains
  9. Oblique Strategies
  10. oblique stroke
  11. oblique strokes

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