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steps on the laughs

steps on the laughs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step on the laughs.

Meaning of step on the laughs

Verb

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

  1. To tell jokes too rapidly when performing comedy, failing to milk the maximum laughter from the audience.
    • "The timing is very different — at first I was speaking too quickly, stepping on the laughs," said Mr. Jillette. "So I'd wait, and I thought, my God, I'm turning into Shecky Greene here, standing and waiting for the laughs."1987, New York Theatre Critics' Reviews, volume 48, page 121

Questions about steps on the laughs

What is steps on the laughs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Steps on the laughs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step on the laughs.

Words near steps on the laughs in the dictionary

  1. steps on a frog
  2. steps on a rake
  3. steps on it
  4. steps on someone's lines
  5. steps on someone's toes
  6. steps on the laughs
  7. steps out
  8. steps out of line
  9. steps out on someone
  10. steps over
  11. steps to

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