every step of the way

:  being each individual or part of a group without exception

:  being each in a series or succession

:  being all taken severally

:  a rest for the foot in ascending or descending: such as

:  one of a series of structures consisting of a riser and a tread

:  a ladder rung

:  to move by raising the foot and bringing it down elsewhere or by moving each foot in succession

:  dance

:  to go on foot :  walk

:  a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place

:  an opening for passage

:  the course traveled from one place to another :  route

:  of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route

:  by a long distance :  to a considerable degree or extent :  far

:  by far :  much

:  very