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counterstep

  • a word derived from step.
    step
    noun
    a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.

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But for every step the newsmen took, the Home Office, which runs Britain's prisons, took a counterstep to thwart them.

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