Idiom
baby step
Meaning
A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Learning the alphabet is a baby step toward reading.”
“She felt overwhelmed by her new project, so she decided to focus on one baby step at a time.”
“Although the recovery process was long and difficult, each small improvement served as a necessary baby step toward his full return to health.”
Examples
simple
“Learning the alphabet is a baby step toward reading.”
contextual
“She felt overwhelmed by her new project, so she decided to focus on one baby step at a time.”
complex
“Although the recovery process was long and difficult, each small improvement served as a necessary baby step toward his full return to health.”
Origin
The term is derived from the short, uncoordinated physical movements of a young child first attempting to walk.
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