false step

Example Sentences

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The only false step in the sketch is the ending, which goes on on a cheap joke.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Rather, it’s the poignant devastation of knowing one false step or bad decision could reshape your life that knocks us over.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Don’t make a false step of your own in this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2023

One false step can lead to a fall into a stream underneath.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2018

If we took one false step, we would fall into black, smelly water.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago