two-step

[ too-step ]

/ ˈtuˌstɛp /

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noun

a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.

a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

verb (used without object), two-stepped, two-step·ping.

to dance the two-step.

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Origin of two-step

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby two-step

two-speed, two-spirit, two-spot, two-spotted spider mite, two-star, two-step, two-step exercise test, two strikes against, two strings to one's bow, two-stroke, two-suiter

How to use two-step in a sentence

Interesting that those who sat in judgment of him found those two sets of beliefs to be incompatible.
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If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
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Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
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But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.
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France 24's coverage of two developing hostage situations in Paris on Friday.
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The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
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On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
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"The Smoker," and "Mother and Daughter," a triptych, are two of her principal pictures.
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British Dictionary definitions for two-step

two-step

noun

an old-time dance in duple time

a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of such a dance

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two-step

Origin of two-step

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British Dictionary definitions for two-step