false step

Example Sentences

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The only false step in the sketch is the ending, which goes on on a cheap joke.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

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

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2023

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 • Dec. 14, 2022

If we took one false step, we would fall into black, smelly water.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago