Make a false step In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "make a false step", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-12-21 10:12

Meaning of Make a false step

Make a false step verb phrase

Used to say that someone missteps or stumbles while walking.

The girl grabbed hurriedly at her mother, for fear that she might make a false step.

The alley was too slippery, so the old man almost made a false step.

Used to say that someone makes an unwise, miscalculated, or blundering act or decision.

Don't make a false step or I'll shoot!

She made a false step, which still makes her fidget.

Other phrases about:

trip up

1. To stumble 

2. To make someone to stumble : 

3. To blunder, stutter

4. To make someone blunder, stutter 

make up (one's) mind

Make a decision. 

lose (one's) footing

To stumble and fall.

eleventh-hour decision

A decision made at the last possible moment

see/think fit (to do something)

To think it is suitable to do something.
 

Grammar and Usage of Make a false step

Verb Forms

  • made a false step
  • makes a false step
  • making a false step
  • to make a false step

The verb "make" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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