giant steps

American  

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a children's game in which a leader calls upon individual players to advance toward them in a given number and variety of steps, the object being for one person to tag the leader and for all of them to run back to the starting line without being caught by the leader and becoming the new leader.

2. giant step, the longest step that a player is capable of making in this game.

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Example Sentences

Add lunges by taking giant steps and bending down into the space between your feet.

From Seattle Times

“It may not be giant steps, but we’re making steps,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Looking at the temperature records, especially the last 150 years, Esper noticed that while they are generally increasing, they tend to do so with slow rises and then giant steps, like what happened last year.

From Seattle Times

“What we need is giant steps rather than baby steps.”

From Seattle Times

Then, in 1960, the flipbook-fast harmonies of “Giant Steps” upped the expectations for jazz improvisers by a big margin.

From New York Times