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    [Noun]  | "one-step" | \ ˈwən-ˌstep \


    1: a ballroom dance in 2/4 time marked by quick walking steps backward and forward

    2: music used for the one-step


    Origin: 1911 ;

    [Idiom]  | "a/one step ahead of" 


    1: better prepared than (someone or something)

    2: able to avoid being caught or found by (someone or something)

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     [ "one step" ]

    1: 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.

      * e.g.,  ... "That crossover gave john the one step" 

     [ "One-Step" ]

    1: 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.

      * e.g.,  ... 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. 

     [ "one step closer" ]

    1: A COOL song by Linkin Park.

      * e.g.,  ... Breaking the habit,papercut,points of authority, all good songs by linkin park 


     [ "one step closer" ]

    2: Almost as good as 'breaking the habit'.

     [ "One Step Away" ]

    1: Pop/Rock band formed in 2008 out of Andover, MA. Adam Carrington - Lead Vocals

      * e.g.,  ... I'm going to see One Step Away this weekend in Boston! 


     [ "One Step Away" ]

    2: Terence Healy - Guitar


     [ "One Step Away" ]

    3: Michael Nuzzolo - Bass/Vox


     [ "One Step Away" ]

    4: Ben Trudeau - Drums Debut album "For The Broken" released in 2010.

     [ "One Step Away" ]

    1: One Step Away is an alternative rock/pop band from Andover, Massachusetts. They gotten recognition in the whole Boston area music scene due to the bassist's mom. His mom works for the music industry and she spoiled them to be famous. If it wasn't for the bassist's mom, the band would get absolutely no where. The music is very generic and lacks charisma. This band is just another terrible clone of a well known Andover band called Boys Like Girls.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: I think Acacius, Boys Like Girls, Contained Chaos, One Step Away, and Spyria are good bands from Andover, MA. Person 2: Nah dude, all those bands are terrible, Andover has one of the worst music scenes ever, all of those bands you listed lack charisma without a doubt. Person 1: I still love One Step Away, there kinda like Boys Like Girls. Person 2: Oh shut the fuck up, One Step Away is probably gayest on the list band next to Boys Like Girls. And by the way get this straight, "Fuck Andover, MA, and their terrible music scene! Thank You!" 

     [ "always one step ahead" ]

    1: A person that says that they are better,smarter or that they have an advantage against a person

      * e.g.,  ... You think you fooled me? I am always one step ahead of you Mike. 

     [ "one step shortcut to the lobby" ]

    1: To commit suicide off of an office or hotel building. Used in Iron Man

      * e.g.,  ... Aldrich: “Well in the first hour, I considered taking that one step shortcut to the lobby..if you know what I mean.” 

     [ "One Step Short of Falling" ]

    1:  Being on the edge of something; knowing that what happens next will make or break you.

      * e.g.,  ... With his reputation in the hands of others he was one step short of falling. 

     [ "Polaroid One-Step" ]

    1: That's what you get when you take the genes of a Polok, and the genes of a one- legged Mongoloid and merge them together.

      * e.g.,  ... " Oh shit Earny,that freekin' Polaroid One-step is raking leaves up in the tree. 

     [ "One Step too Many" ]

    1: An awesome band, from burtonsville maryland.

      * e.g.,  ... One Step Too Many's cd Phase One is sweet. 

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