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
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
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
That left hand is all over the place, dancing across the entire lower registry of the instrument, perfectly in time and never making a false step.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2019
If you think about it hard enough, if you trace potential reverberations long enough, every step can be a false step, any move can lead to an unintended consequence.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
