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one step

One step is a term used in basketball referring to when a player, by a sudden change of direction or some form of quick dummy (faking move), causes their defender to take a step in the wrong direction thus allowing the attacker to beat the defender.
by kendle_cranks2 June 18, 2006
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One-Step

a) A Czechoslovakian who, under Hitler's rule, was only One-Step from being considered a Jew. b) a dirty, foul-mouther, greedy, smelly, pedophilic, queer person of Czechoslovakian descent.
I mean, seriously, Kevin ... just shut the hell up. God, man ... you're such a fucking One Step. Your ass is VERY lucky Hitler isn't alive. Boy are you.
by Chuck Alan Poindexter November 20, 2004
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One-Step, Two-Step, Hit By A Train

One-Step, Two-Step, Hit By A Train

A : "I can't get the moves in this new dance !"
B : "All you have to do is think one-step, then two-step, then act as if you've been hit by a train !"
A : "I 've got it now !"
by HudsonDuster December 27, 2009
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one step forward and two steps back

It is a popular lyric to a song, but sometime used i phrases or as comparisons to things. it's basically taking one step back. and it means, making progress towards something but making less progress rather than more, if that makes sense.
"one step forward < two steps back"
I was trying to finish my math homework, and i did the beginning, but going to that party before finishing was one step forward and two steps back.
by GeeJayy February 22, 2010
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one step closer

A COOL song by Linkin Park.
Almost as good as 'breaking the habit'.
Breaking the habit,papercut,points of authority, all good songs by linkin park
by N.I.N. July 6, 2005
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one step shortcut to the lobby

To commit suicide off of an office or hotel building. Used in Iron Man 3.
Aldrich: “Well in the first hour, I considered taking that one step shortcut to the lobby..if you know what I mean.”
by IronManFan May 4, 2019
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One Step Short of Falling

1. Being on the edge of something; knowing that what happens next will make or break you.
With his reputation in the hands of others he was one step short of falling.
by Lazydude3 January 17, 2009
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