a step in the right direction
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a step in the right direction
An action or decision that is considered indicative of positive progress. Enrolling in that degree program was a step in the right direction toward changing careers.
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step in the right direction, a
A move that advances a course of action, as in Asking Bill to resign is a step in the right direction. This idiom was first recorded in 1871.
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