baby step

American  

noun

1. (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.

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Example Sentences

Kyle Humphrey, who works on "High Potential," said the Blurries are "a baby step towards that."

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

I took another baby step, graduating to a bike with a 310 cc engine—faster than the 230 cc but still too light for the open road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

And from there, it’s just a baby step to “picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him.”

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025

Every achievement feels like a baby step for Rice, who envisioned all this when she signed with the Bruins as the nation’s top-ranked point guard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Here you have Flint and a sidewalk, you take one baby step, and here you have country and a dirt path.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis