two-step
[too-step]
- a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.
- a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
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- to dance the two-step.
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Origin of two-step
First recorded in 1890–95
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Examples from the Web for two-step
Contemporary Examples
Phase one of the two-step deficit-reduction deal involves about $1 trillion in spending cuts.
Perhaps no member of the GOP has been as successful at this two-step as Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.
Historical Examples
Bert and Phil danced a two-step with some young ladies that Bert knew.
Dave Porter in the Gold FieldsEdward Stratemeyer
At the piano in the gymnasium a girl was playing a two-step.
Blue Bonnet in BostonCaroline E. Jacobs
It is not an alluring dance, your two-step; it does not require temperament.
To Una Golden, of Panama, the waltz and the two-step were solemn affairs.
The JobSinclair Lewis
"Now then, you concertina boys, give us a two-step," he called out.
A Lively Bit of the FrontPercy F. Westerman
two-step
- 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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