by step

idiom

: in a series of steps
The melody moves upward by step from D to C.

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He’s gone step by step with his rehab, long, arduous and he’s worked his way through that. Gary Bedore july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025 Mercury retrograde in Leo later this month on the 18th will rewire your productivity and mental sharpness, making this an excellent time to refine your vision and execute your goals step by step rather than rushing through it all. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025 What struck me about this: there’s a step by step understanding of how to build that scene. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 June 2025 By parsing the analysis step by step, reproducibility allows a critical reader to gauge the strength of any kind of argument. Richard Ball, The Conversation, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for by step

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“By step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20step. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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