false step's Usage Examples:

If such routes are negotiated without any protection, a false step can result in a serious fall.

sleeves and get to work, knowing that no work is definitive and that it is licit to take false steps.

Leonel Vieira has the quality to roll up his sleeves and get to work, knowing that no work is definitive and that it is licit to take false steps.

reader is made sufficiently aware that, under certain circumstances, one false step may lead to serious consequences.

In his first statement after assuming control of the Church, the Metropolitan assured Stalin of his profound affection and gratitude and vowed to safeguard the Church against mistakes and false steps.

In one point he seems to have taken a false step; with a warmth and pertinacity worthy of a better cause he maintained the identity of Caesar"s Alesia.

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One false step or clumsy move could mean falling and landing on one’s backside.

Synonyms:

gradual, in small stages, stepwise, bit-by-bit, piecemeal,

Antonyms:

sudden, fast, vertical, steep, horizontal,