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

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

Personal-finance personality Dave Ramsey has long recommended a $1,000 starter emergency fund as the first “baby step” in building wealth.

From MarketWatch

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

So the argument in favor of paper straws goes: Using them takes some plastic out of the environment while serving as a sort of baby step toward other individual sustainable choices.

From Slate

It was a baby step toward re-engaging with the real world.

From Los Angeles Times