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
The researchers used this one-step manufacturing process to generate a prototype that could heat fluid by 4 degrees Celsius as it flowed between the input and the output.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
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
After supper there was a dance, the table was pushed aside, and someone—Joan saw with surprise that it was Daddy Brown—pounded away at a one-step on the piano.
From To Love by Peterson, Margaret
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