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[ too-step ] / ˈtuˌstɛp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR two-step ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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.Origin of two-stepFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby two-steptwo-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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for two-stepPhase one of the two-step deficit-reduction deal involves about $1 trillion in spending cuts. Washington’s Next Debt Showdown|Jill Lawrence|August 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST Perhaps no member of the GOP has been as successful at this two-step as Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. The Summer's Winners and Losers|Samuel P. Jacobs|September 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST Eventually Persis set a two-step record whirling on the machine. What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes Almost every number was a waltz or a two-step, the music being the topical songs and popular airs of the day set to dance music. Vandover and the Brute|Frank Norris
One would hardly recognize the waltz or two-step as performed by the Visayan. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines|Florence Kimball Russel When he appeared it was just in time for the first, a two-step. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson The subscribers had begun to arrive, and when the first two-step struck up there were eight or ten couples on the floor. The Woman Who Toils|Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst
British Dictionary definitions for two-step
nounan old-time dance in duple time a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of such a dance Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to two-stepdisco, waltz, rock, samba, tango, tap, skip, jump, shimmy, trip, caper, jig, leap, hop, frolic, sway, cavort, hustle, whirl, strut |