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false step

noun

a stumble.

an unwise or blundering act.

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false step

—n
1.	an unwise action
2.	a stumble; slip

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false step

A stumble or blunder, as in Making a down payment without securing a mortgage was clearly a false step. This term transfers physical stumbling or tripping to other enterprises. [c. 1700]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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