Usually means: Small, incremental progress toward goal.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word baby step:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby-step, baby step: Merriam-Webster
  2. baby step: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. baby-step: Wordnik
  4. baby-step, baby step: Wiktionary
  5. baby step: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. baby step: Dictionary.com
  7. baby step: Merriam-Webster

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby step: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (baby step)

▸ noun:  (chiefly in the plural) A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.

Similar:
short strokes, subtask, step, degree, effort, action, subaction, task, procedure, gradation, more...

Opposite:
giant leap, major stride

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Similar:
short strokes, subtask, step, degree, effort, action, subaction, task, procedure, gradation, more...

Opposite:
giant leap, major stride



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