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

: related by virtue of a remarriage (as of a parent) and not by blood

: 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