giant steps
a children's game in which a leader calls upon individual players to advance toward them in a given number and variety of steps, the object being for one person to tag the leader and for all of them to run back to the starting line without being caught by the leader and becoming the new leader.
giant step, the longest step that a player is capable of making in this game.
- Compare baby step, umbrella step.
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How to use giant steps in a sentence
They were not seen, were sailing in giant steps up another stair, hopes rising high.
With eager rapidity we flitted among the black shadows of the cavern, till we reached a winding flight of giant steps.
A Tramp's Wallet | William DuthieEach row was a little lower than the row to the north, so that the tiers took on the form of a flight of giant steps.
Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail | Burt L. StandishTiers of ledges had been cut and blasted in the native rock, extending from the sea back into the land in a series of giant steps.
Star Born | Andre NortonTo save the horses we walk the hills, and I try to match giant steps with Sergeant Anderson.
The New North | Agnes Deans Cameron
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