false step

Example Sentences

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Translated into English, “faux pas” means “false step,” but faux pas are done all the time.

From Literature

It’s the poignant devastation of knowing one false step or bad decision could reshape your life that knocks us over.

From Salon

Rather, it’s the poignant devastation of knowing one false step or bad decision could reshape your life that knocks us over.

From Salon

Don’t make a false step of your own in this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate

Instead of jumping into his assignment right away, Rivera said, Davis could have baited the lineman with an intentionally false step, forced him to overcommit and used his athleticism to evade the block altogether.

From Washington Post