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

Not long ago, California took a baby step toward addressing this rampant decay.

From Los Angeles Times

That is a baby step toward what some argue could be a massive shift in how we use devices in the age of artificial intelligence: Having chatbots complete tasks instead of typing into smartphone apps.

From The Wall Street Journal

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