Misstep

Definitions

1. A step that is wrong, a false step.
2. An error or mistake.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“On a high ledge, a misstep could be fatal.”

“[…] burdened as he was, he did not think⟳ of length or height or toil. He remembered only to avoid⟳ a misstep and to keep⟳ his direction.”

“His comment⟳ was a misstep that could cost⟳ him dearly.”

“Plenty of past seasons’ events could look⟳ ill-conceived in the critical eye of Monday-morning quarterbacking, but previously, the show⟳ had earned the benefit of the doubt⟳ that missteps on the part of supposedly intelligent characters were a plausible lack of in-world foresight.”

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