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
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
Clifford said the former second-round draft pick has taken giant steps forward and foresees him as the primary backup to Mason Plumlee.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
“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
Every one of these children could execute giant steps, baby steps, scissors steps, and a few other absurd locomotions invented by Ruth May.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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