baby step

noun

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 \ 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 "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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Its attempts to reinvent this thing that can’t be reinvented tend to involve one baby step of progress and four bounding leaps toward the absurd. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "The absurd quest to make the “best” razor," 11 Dec. 2018 Samsung is also taking a baby step across this hardware gap with a Bixby speaker, called the Galaxy Speaker. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Galaxy Note9 hands-on—Samsung ships a bigger battery, not much else," 9 Aug. 2018 In a simple black dress, a far cry from her typical extreme corset pieces, Dalton takes a few baby steps. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Fecal Matter Has Made Its Photoshopped Skin Shoes Into Actual Wearable Heels—And They're $10,000," 24 Oct. 2018 Now, felines won't be included in the show's official judging (baby steps, people), but 40 cat breeds will take part, according to NPR. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Cats Will Be Featured at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show This Year," 2 Feb. 2017 The question, of course, is whether baby steps is an acceptable approach for a franchise that exists to contend for titles. — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Has NBA common sense arrived too late for Heat?," 3 June 2018 Many teams in this situation would shorten their goals and prescribe baby steps. — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, "Tyronn Lue's leave of absence makes Cavaliers' title climb steeper: Bill Livingston (photos)," 19 Apr. 2017 But the United States is not so enthused about Seoul's baby steps toward rapprochement. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "The icy geopolitics of the Winter Olympics," 9 Feb. 2018 Yet the Europeans have so far taken only baby steps to develop their own defence efforts. — The Economist, "Will Donald Trump be Triumphant, Tetchy or Torpedo?," 5 July 2018

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