Origin of step
Related Words for stepping
tread, dance, skip, tiptoe, stride, walk, advance, traipse, ambulate, descend, ascend, mince, pace, prance, hoof, trip, troopExamples from the Web for stepping
Contemporary Examples of stepping
Peters again complies, stepping aside and raising both hands.
But in the next instant, Peters is stepping back to the table and snatching up the knife.
Good old Sir Bob Geldof stepping into the breach again to raise money for crisis-hit Africa?
Her wealthy family imposed its own monetary and social punishment for stepping outside the sorority.
By stepping down, the embattled McCaffery preempted an ethics investigation that could have cost him his state pension.
Historical Examples of stepping
Stepping into the store, he attracted the attention of the proprietor.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Stepping out into the hall she knocked lightly on Evelyn's door.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
It was not a tree with which he was familiar, and stepping back, he looked at it carefully.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
He turned to where I trembled, and stepping downward crowned me.
Buried Cities, Part 2Jennie Hall
Mary had thrown her shawl over her head, and was just stepping out.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier