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two-step

[ too-step ]

/ ˈtuˌstɛp /

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noun

a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.

a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

verb (used without object), two-stepped, two-step·ping.

to dance the two-step.

Origin of two-step

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby two-step

two-speed, two-spirit, two-spot, two-spotted spider mite, two-star, two-step, two-step exercise test, two-stroke, two-stroke cycle, two-suiter, two-tailed

Example sentences from the Web for two-step

Phase one of the two-step deficit-reduction deal involves about $1 trillion in spending cuts.

Washington’s Next Debt Showdown |Jill Lawrence |August 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Perhaps no member of the GOP has been as successful at this two-step as Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.

The Summer's Winners and Losers |Samuel P. Jacobs |September 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Eventually Persis set a two-step record whirling on the machine.

What Will People Say? |Rupert Hughes
Almost every number was a waltz or a two-step, the music being the topical songs and popular airs of the day set to dance music.

Vandover and the Brute |Frank Norris

One would hardly recognize the waltz or two-step as performed by the Visayan.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines |Florence Kimball Russel
When he appeared it was just in time for the first, a two-step.

Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley |C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
The subscribers had begun to arrive, and when the first two-step struck up there were eight or ten couples on the floor.

The Woman Who Toils |Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst

British Dictionary definitions for two-step

two-step

noun

an old-time dance in duple time

a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of such a dance