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by-step
by-step n.
Brit. 
/ˈbʌɪstɛp/
, /ˈbʌɪstɛp/U.S. /ˈbaɪˌstɛp/
/ˈbaɪˌstɛp/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [noun] > a sideways step
by-step1567
sidestepa1656
1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie To Rdr. sig. *iiijv To speake according to the man, (which is a bystep from the pathe of diuinitye), [etc.].
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. cxvi. 251 Pardon the By-steps that my Soul has trod.
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