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step short

step short verb: to diminish the length or rapidity of the step of a march in a military drill according to the established rules.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To diminish the length or rapidity of the step of a march in a military drill according to the established rules.

Forms of step short

third-person singular presentsteps short
present participlestepping short
past participlestepped short
paststepped short

Questions about step short

What does step short mean?
Step short means to diminish the length or rapidity of the step of a march in a military drill according to the established rules.
What part of speech is step short?
Step short is a verb.
What is the past tense of step short?
The past tense of step short is stepped short.

Words near step short in the dictionary

  1. step overs
  2. step pyramid
  3. step pyramids
  4. step rocket
  5. step rockets
  6. step short
  7. step show
  8. step shows
  9. step stool
  10. step stools
  11. step street

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