two-step

noun

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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Most people don’t think of it as a two-step process. CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 Type One Energy plans a two-step development process. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025 The resulting two-step system works to provide confidence in feedstock claims before the fabrics are produced. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025 However, the team behind a small study published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, claim to have developed a two-step pimple patch that actually works. Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for two-step

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of two-step was in 1895

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“Two-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-step. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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