step-by-step
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step-by-step
adjective
- Proceeding very slowly by degrees: gradational, gradual, piecemeal. See fast/slow/velocity.
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step by step
By degrees, as in You'll have to go through this recipe step by step. This idiom transfers putting one foot in front of the other to other kinds of progress. [c. 1700]
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step-by-step
IN BRIEF: adj. - One thing at a time.
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categories related to 'step-by-step'
- Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - step-by-step: (adj) taken in proper sequence, one at a time
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