Definition of baby step
:a very small step or advance in progress
- These companies can create products that take a real leap forward, rather than the traditional baby steps that larger companies with greater commitments must make.
- —Home Theater
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baby-step
play \ˈbā-bē-ˌstep\ verb, transitive + intransitive, baby-stepped; baby-stepping-
- … after the 2-1 victory that baby-stepped the sixth-place Rangers within four points of the first-place Devils …
- —Larry Brooks
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- "This is murder," John Chaney had said in that ever-raspy voice as he baby-stepped toward the court Thursday night. "My feet are killing me."
- —Tom Archdeacon
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