baby step

noun

: a very small step or advance in progress

These companies can create products that take a real leap forward, rather than the traditional baby steps that larger companies with greater commitments must make.—

Home Theater

baby-step

ˈbā-bē-ˌstep

verb, transitive + intransitive

baby-stepped; baby-stepping

… after the 2-1 victory that baby-stepped the sixth-place Rangers within four points of the first-place Devils … —

Larry Brooks

"This is murder," John Chaney had said in that ever-raspy voice as he baby-stepped toward the court Thursday night. "My feet are killing me." —

Tom Archdeacon

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Just a few months ago, in late 2024, Kim had started taking baby steps back into the industry, giving hope to everyone who’d been waiting to see her return to the screen. —

Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 16 Feb. 2025 On the ice, Spooner took baby steps and worked on fundamentals with skate coach Kathy McLlwain. —

Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 But as Utah moved away from actively managing lions, and Wyoming considered a similar path, Texas took a baby step toward more protections for the carnivores. —

Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025 Between the lines: OpenAI views Operator as the first baby steps toward loosing its AI on the world beyond ChatGPT's window. —

Megan Morrone, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for baby step