1
: a ballroom dance in ²/₄ or ⁴/₄ time having a basic pattern of step-close-step
2
: a piece of music for the two-step
two-step
intransitive verb
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As potential program and service cuts loom during a precarious fiscal year, the memorandum cited the urgency of reducing costs associated with two-step electoral contests.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The deal under discussion would involve a two-step process.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The Fourth of July is all about the beginning of the two-steps-forward, one-step-back process of making our nation a more perfect union.
—Katie Sanders, Time, 22 May 2026
Use a two-step launch approach — a soft opening to test operations and then a grand opening to drive awareness and traffic.
—Lisa Song Sutton, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The deal under discussion would involve a two-step process.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 27 May 2026
The Fourth of July is all about the beginning of the two-steps-forward, one-step-back process of making our nation a more perfect union.
—Katie Sanders, Time, 22 May 2026
Use a two-step launch approach — a soft opening to test operations and then a grand opening to drive awareness and traffic.
—Lisa Song Sutton, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for two-step
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“Two-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-step. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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