baby step
noun
: 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
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
Larry Brooks
"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
Tom Archdeacon
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Do not rush into decisions without thinking them through, but don’t hold yourself back from taking baby steps!
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Rather than forcing them to go into the crate for six hours at a time, start with baby steps.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
As recently as a decade ago, the Chinese animation industry was still taking baby steps but a recent boom has been led by talents such as Yang Yu (aka Jiaozi), responsible for both Ne Zha and the sequel that went ballistic.
—Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Jason Heyward is taking baby steps toward a return.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Rather than forcing them to go into the crate for six hours at a time, start with baby steps.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
As recently as a decade ago, the Chinese animation industry was still taking baby steps but a recent boom has been led by talents such as Yang Yu (aka Jiaozi), responsible for both Ne Zha and the sequel that went ballistic.
—Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Jason Heyward is taking baby steps toward a return.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for baby step
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“Baby step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20step. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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