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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 . Related terms way flight ladder backstairs fire_escape ramp ghat escalator companionway building landing step stairhead |
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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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