baby step

noun

: a very small step or advance in progress

These companies can create products that take a real leap forward, rather than the traditional baby steps that larger companies with greater commitments must make.—

Home Theater

baby-step

ˈbā-bē-ˌstep

verb, transitive + intransitive

baby-stepped; baby-stepping

… after the 2-1 victory that baby-stepped the sixth-place Rangers within four points of the first-place Devils … —

Larry Brooks

"This is murder," John Chaney had said in that ever-raspy voice as he baby-stepped toward the court Thursday night. "My feet are killing me." —

Tom Archdeacon

Examples of baby step in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Take baby steps with a short text or email that doesn’t require an immediate reply, and then follow up with an easy meetup suggestion — something brief and convenient. —

Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024 The league is treading carefully and taking baby steps with private equity ownership. —

Alex Sherman, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024 Shulman had just broken her ankle and was hobbling around the airport, one baby step at a time. —

Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024 Friction point: Depending on your perspective, the recent work is either a beacon of hope or tiny baby steps at a time when the city ought to be moving by leaps and bounds. —

Nate Rau, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for baby step

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