watch one's step

  • 11watch one's step — verb a) To move cautiously b) To be cautious …

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  • 12mind one's step — watch one s step just watch your step when Mrs. Kline gets here Syn: be careful, take care, step/tread carefully, exercise care/caution, mind how one goes, look out, watch out, be wary, be on one s guard, be on the qui vive …

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  • 13mind/watch one's step — BE CAREFUL, take care, step/tread carefully, exercise care/caution, mind how one goes, look out, watch out, be wary, be on one s guard, be on the qui vive. → step …

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  • 14mind one's step — ► mind (or watch) one s step walk or act carefully. Main Entry: ↑step …

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  • 15step — ► NOUN 1) an act of lifting and setting down the foot or alternate feet, as in walking. 2) the distance covered by a step. 3) informal a short and easily walked distance. 4) a flat surface on which to place one s foot when moving from one level… …

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  • 16step — [step] n. [ME steppe < OE stepe, akin to Ger stapf < IE base * steb(h) , post (> STAMP): basic sense “to stamp feet”] 1. the act of moving and placing the foot forward, backward, sideways, up, or down, as in walking, dancing, or climbing …

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  • 17step — stepless, adj. steplike, adj. /step/, n., v., stepped, stepping. n. 1. a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as… …

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  • 18step — noun 1》 an act or movement of putting one leg in front of the other in walking or running.     ↘the distance covered by such a movement.     ↘a short and easily walked distance. 2》 one of the sequences of movement of the feet which make up a… …

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  • 19step — n. & v. n. 1 a the complete movement of one leg in walking or running (took a step forward). b the distance covered by this. 2 a unit of movement in dancing. 3 a measure taken, esp. one of several in a course of action (took steps to prevent it;… …

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  • 20step — /stɛp / (say step) noun 1. a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, as in walking, running, marching, or dancing. 2. the space passed over or measured by one movement of the foot in stepping: *Two short… …