two-steps

Simple partner dances

Two-steps is the third-person singular present tense of two-step, meaning to dance the two-step—a country-western ballroom dance with a quick-quick-slow pattern: He two-steps her across the floor every Saturday night.

Figuratively, to two-step is to maneuver carefully or evasively: She two-steps around the question.

dance

ballroom

Venue for formal dances

tango · cha-cha · samba · swing · jive · rhumba · partner · lead · follow · promenade

progression

ahead

In the lead

nearer · progress · incremental · gradual · milestone · phase · stage · lead · edge · advantage

strategy

planning

Arranging for future events

thinking · lookahead · chess · maneuvering · sequencing · gameplan · approach · methodology · tactics · preparation

Opposites
dance time signature/meter

two-stepswaltzes

Triple-time ballroom dances

Viennese waltzes · waltz · three-step · mazurkas · minuets

dance complexity/structure

two-stepstangos

Latin partner dances

Viennese waltzes · quicksteps · foxtrots · cha-chas · rumbas

dance type/meter

two-stepswaltzes

Triple-time ballroom dances

waltz · Viennese waltz · three-step · minuet · mazurka

Family

two, step, steps, twos, twice, twins, twinned, twofold, twenty

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G