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  1. one step forward, two steps back: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. one step forward, two steps back: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (one step forward, two steps back)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments.

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setback, stoop, stepping, bend, retrace, bow, FOR, walk, procedure, get, more...

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setback, stoop, stepping, bend, retrace, bow, FOR, walk, procedure, get, more...



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