Wrong+step
1step — step1 [ step ] noun *** ▸ 1 movement of foot ▸ 2 one of series of actions ▸ 3 for walking up/down ▸ 4 stage/level on scale ▸ 5 between musical notes ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a short movement made by putting one foot in front of the other: take/move …
2step out of line — To depart from the usual, or accepted, course of action • • • Main Entry: ↑step * * * step out of line informal phrase to break the rules, or to do something wrong If you step out of line, you will be punished. Thesaurus: to fail to obey a rule,… …
3step — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 in walking, running, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ heavy, light ▪ quick, slow ▪ hesitant …
4step-mother — The Oxford English Dictionary mentions that the term ‘step devil’ was once used as a synonym of ‘step mother’. Certainly the latter term is a difficult one to live with, thanks to the wicked stepmothers of many a children’s tale. Speakers… …
5step — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pace, stride, footfall; footprint; gait, tread; stair, rung; interval, gradation; (pl.) measures, action. See degree, agency, nearness, travel. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A movement of the foot] Syn. pace …
6wrong-foot — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to cause (as an opponent in tennis or football) to lean into or step with the wrong foot ; broadly : to disrupt the equilibrium of wrong footed three defenders to score the sudden deaths of contemporaries wrong foot… …
7wrong-foot — transitive verb Date: 1928 chiefly British to cause (as an opponent in soccer or tennis) to lean into or step with the wrong foot; broadly to disrupt the equilibrium of < a speed and flexibility that repeatedly wrong footed his enemies Anthony… …
8Wrong Again Dan! — infobox Book name = Wrong Again Dan! title orig = translator = image caption = author = Dan Raschen illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = subject = Autobiography genre = publisher = Buckland… …
9step off on the wrong foot — start in the wrong way, make a bad start …
10step faults — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …
