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[ noun ] a way of access consisting of a set of steps

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

They turned at the bottom of Kate 's steps and moved off in the direction of the park .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Quickening his steps , John entered the vast church and climbed the tower steps to the bells .

The slow tapping of a cane on the stone steps coming up to the tower interrupted his reverie .

He started down the steps to meet the near-blind preacher , who had been one of the early Gospelers in Paris .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

She came to the ballroom and stood on the two carpeted steps that led down to it .

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[ noun ] the course along which a person has walked or is walking in

Examples

"I followed in his steps" "he retraced his steps"

Used in print

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

If , as a home_movie maker , you shoot the inevitable footage of your child taking its first steps , you have merely recorded an historical event .

Related terms

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