with extra steps

prepositional phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with, extra, steps.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with, extra, steps.
  2. Virtually identical to another concept, even if the ones responsible did not have that other concept in mind.

    Nigeria’s N100M party nomination forms: Feudalism with extra steps

    2022 April 25, David Hundeyin, “Nigeria’s N100M party nomination forms: Feudalism with extra steps”, in BusinessDay
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    Red Dead Online's new Naturalist role is just hunting with extra steps

    2020 July 31, Christopher Livingston, “Red Dead Online's new Naturalist role is just hunting with extra steps”, in PC Gamer

    "Olion, he's just a boy... Leaving him out in the gloom to be killed is just murder with extra steps," Olivia said, looking at the boy, then Olion.

    2024, Cameron James Box, Mortal Tithes, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN

Origin

(virtually identical to another concept): Popularized by the adult science fiction sitcom Rick and Morty in the episode "The Ricks Must Be Crazy".

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APA

with extra steps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20extra%20steps

MLA

“with extra steps.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20extra%20steps. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with extra steps,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20extra%20steps.

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