giant steps
Americannoun
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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.
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giant step, the longest step that a player is capable of making in this game.
Example Sentences
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Despite the difficulties, the party "will continue," she said, albeit without "giant steps."
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Looking at the temperature records, especially the last 150 years, Esper noticed that while they are generally increasing, they tend to do so with slow rises and then giant steps, like what happened last year.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
He got nothing — ran for 11 yards, which made Ezekiel Elliott’s 26 for the Cowboys look like giant steps.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023
“Instead of taking giant steps, like I think the CDC took today, I think we should be taking small steps toward the same goal,” Swartzberg said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2021
Mrs. Drinker takes giant steps across the roughed-out driveway of the building lot.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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