one-step
Americannoun
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a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
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a piece of music for this dance.
verb (used without object)
noun
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an early 20th-century ballroom dance with long quick steps, the precursor of the foxtrot
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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
Etymology
Origin of one-step
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The county has promised to turbocharge the sluggish pace, enacting a one-step permitting center and waiving some fees.
From Los Angeles Times
In the one-step forward, one-step back world Manchester United are living in just now, they took a stride in the right direction against Wolves at Molineux.
From BBC
But they appear to turn off through a simpler one-step process.
From Science Daily
The team says that result confirmed the hypothesis that VFD processing could be a "green" one-step technique for more stable, emulsified viscous liquids.
From Science Daily
The team also noted that drawings showing ordinal representations were more frequently associated with a one-step solution, even if the problem was cardinal.
From Science Daily
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