stepping-stone

It was the second swing state to be called and another big stepping stone on Trump's planned route to White House via the southern swing states.

A former cabinet minister suggests now we’ll be much less like ‘the stepping stone’ between America and the rest of Europe.

But he played down the idea of an organised supply chain, insisting the smuggling system was more like a haphazard series of stepping stones, with each stage controlled by separate gangs.

“I don’t think there’s a magic potion or something. We’re all trying to do the same thing — win a World Series — and each game is one stepping stone toward that.”

“It makes you realize he probably should have gotten other opportunities,” in previous games McVay said, adding, “I think this is a stepping stone for him. ... Happy for Tutu. He deserves that.”