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false step
noun
a stumble.
an unwise or blundering act.
false step
noun
an unwise action
a stumble; slip
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
It’s the poignant devastation of knowing one false step or bad decision could reshape your life that knocks us over.
Rather, it’s the poignant devastation of knowing one false step or bad decision could reshape your life that knocks us over.
Gen. Edwin Meese, Michael Mukasey and William Barr, joined by prominent conservative professors, agree on the stakes: A false step by the court “would be ruinous for the Nation’s tradition of free and fair elections.”
Don’t make a false step of your own in this week’s Slate News Quiz.
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.
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