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one step at a time

one step at a time adverb: slowly and steadily, without rushing.

Adverb

one step at a time (not comparable)

  1. Slowly and steadily, without rushing.

Questions about one step at a time

What does one step at a time mean?
One step at a time means slowly and steadily, without rushing.
What part of speech is one step at a time?
One step at a time is an adverb.

Words near one step at a time in the dictionary

  1. one should never meet one's heroes
  2. one side
  3. one sixth
  4. one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
  5. one step ahead
  6. one step at a time
  7. one step forward, two steps back
  8. one strike and you're out
  9. one swallow does not a spring make
  10. one swallow does not a summer make
  11. one swallow does not make a spring

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