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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They note that many customers would prefer a one-step process for the sake of ease, keeping not only their what-should-we-have-for-dinner decisions but also their payments on a single platform.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
Chinese investors are spending millions of dollars to build plants to process lithium, one-step up the value chain, in a form that Zimbabwe would allow to exit.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
In contrast, the team discovered that deactivation is a one-step process: Levels of charged chemicals simply drop uniformly across the transistor, quickly interrupting the flow of current.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
Under state law, she wrote, contempt would only be a one-step process if the Board of Supervisors had issued the subpoena itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
So they danced a one-step, and Joe managed to get through it without treading on anybody’s toe.
From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Walter Prichard Eaton
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