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step by step also one step at a time

gradually or slowly These changes need to be made step by step.

Usage notes: also used in the form a step at a time: He wanted to rush through the job, but I encouraged him to take it a step at a time.

See also: step

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And still, step by step with long intervals between, the mass ascended. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context Presently he began to retire backward, step by step, never for an instant removing his eyes from what he saw, or thought he saw. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context For I was not prepared to see Father Mapple after gaining the height, slowly turn round, and stooping over the pulpit, deliberately drag up the ladder step by step, till the whole was deposited within, leaving him impregnable in his little Quebec. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			steamed up steaming steel steel against steel oneself for steely gaze steep steep in steer steer away from steer clear steer clear of steer for steer into steer through steer toward stem stem from stem the tide stem to stern step step aside step back step back on step between step by step step down step forward step in step inside step into step into shoes step into the breach step off step on step on it Step on it! step on the gas step on toes step out step out into step out of line step outside step over step right up step up step up to step up to the plate step-by-step stern steven			step step step Step (foothold) Step (foothold) step aeration step aerobics Step An Mikhailovich Seryshev STEP analysis Step and Blended Family Institute Step and Flash Imprint Lithography step angle step aside step aside step aside step aside step aside step aside step attenuator Step Automotive Special Interest Group step away from desk Step Away the Inches Step Back Step Back step back on step bearing step between step block step bracket step brazing step by step Step by Step (disambiguation) Step by Step Approach Step by Step Graphics Step by Step Interactive Step by Step Procedure Step change Step change step changes step changes Step climb Step counter Step counter Step counters Step counters step cut step cycle Step Dad step dance step dancing Step daughter step down step down step down step down step down Step Down Note Step Down Notes Step Down Transformer Step family Step father

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