put one foot in front of the other

verb

To walk, decomposed, to stress the fundamentality of the task.

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Meanings

verbput one foot in front of the other (third-person singular simple present puts one foot in front of the other, present participle putting one foot in front of the other, simple past and past participle put one foot in front of the other)

present singular third person puts one foot in front of the other · participle present putting one foot in front of the other

  1. To walk, decomposed, to stress the fundamentality of the task.
  2. idiomaticTo move forward, progress steadily.
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APA

put one foot in front of the other. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20one%20foot%20in%20front%20of%20the%20other

MLA

“put one foot in front of the other.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20one%20foot%20in%20front%20of%20the%20other. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put one foot in front of the other,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20one%20foot%20in%20front%20of%20the%20other.

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