single-step

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verb -steps, -stepping or -stepped

(tr) computing to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program

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Words nearby single-step

single-shot, single sideband transmission, single-space, single Spanish burton, single standard, single-step, singlestick, singlesticker, single-suiter, singlet, single tax

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How to use single-step in a sentence

And as they do, the American people will be with them every single step of the way.
Full Text and Video of President Obama's Statement on Boston Marathon Bombing|Justin Green|April 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This single step would raise the incomes of millions of working families.
Full Text and Video of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address|Justin Green|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As our Chinese creditors say, "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Deficit Demagogues Rev Up|John Avlon|November 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It is so cloudy, mother, besides, I don't feel as if I had energy enough to take a single step.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence|Eugne Sue

Once there, and but a single step on the road, she is a rebel against man's law for her sex.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
A single step may have a remote, but very obvious connexion with the greatest results.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II|Francis Augustus Cox
There is not a single step, not an inch, on the road of direst poverty that I do not know or have not experienced.
Why I Believe in Poverty|Edward Bok
This wasted body on a majestic frame carries one back with a single step to civilisation of a thousand years ago.
Life and sport in China|Oliver G. Ready