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step by step



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Idioms and Phrases

By degrees, as in You'll have to go through this recipe step by step . This idiom transfers putting one foot in front of the other to other kinds of progress. [c. 1700]

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Example Sentences

A step-by-step plan to break from your various technology addictions.

Obama may view this as making sensible decisions in a step-by-step manner.

Here, a step-by-step guide to what force-feeding actually means.

Rubin paraphrased: "Graham favor step-by-step [sic]  approach," she wrote.

Almost no one puts forward a step-by-step action plan that wanders close to the controversial or practical.

The first attempts were on the "variable current" system, which was later discarded for the "step-by-step" plan mentioned.

He must hold well in hand everybody and every function, having risen, as it were, step-by-step from the ground floor to the roof.

Complete documentation should be provided, including listings, step-by-step user instructions, and some fully worked out examples.

Behind the front they now have several lines prepared for a step-by-step defense.

What was the step-by-step process by which you arrived at Havana?

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