catch step
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To change so as to function harmoniously with; fit in.
verb
To adjust to advances in circumstances or criteria; catch up.
noun
A step in which one foot meets the other foot without passing it and the weight shifts to the foot that just moved.
noun
Example Sentences
- "They always start wrong, somehow, when they go out together, and then, while he tries to catch step with her, she endeavors to get in with him. After both have been shuffling about over the pavement for several minutes in a perfectly absurd manner, they go ahead out of step just as before."
- "Confronted by the beloved music of the South, the old veterans broke into cheers as they left their trains, and unconsciously caught step in time with the music."
- "Often he'd catch step with a child and march with him to the inside stairway, then he'd go back and take his place on the steps, and when another child came by that attracted him by his soldierly manner, he'd catch step and walk with him to the inside stairway shouting, “ left, left, left, right, left.”"
- "He had an arm about her firmly in an instant, and when they had caught step with the music he held her close to him."
- "And so the pageant moves on and you and I now catch step and for a short time will play our part in making the pattern of the Federation of this day."
- "It was a wonderfully happy day, and I want you to catch step with your comrades, and let bickerings and anger and hatred all fall away in our love for God's good sunshine and love for this great Republic."