baby step

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Etymology[edit]

From the small, awkward movements of a young child learning to walk.

Noun[edit]

baby step (plural baby steps)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
    Learning a new language is difficult, so we'll learn by taking baby steps.
    • 2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer[1]:
      “From a news operation standpoint, we’re going to start out with baby steps, but, eventually, this is going to be what you would expect it to be: a 24-hour operating network that covers a sport soup to nuts.”

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