1
: a ballroom dance in ²/₄ or ⁴/₄ time having a basic pattern of step-close-step
2
: a piece of music for the two-step
two-step
intransitive verb
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The fee hikes that take effect Friday are the second ones in a two-step increase that began in February, the county’s first in a decade.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The rest of the time, a two-step process will typically be sufficient for keeping these surfaces in good shape.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
At the Half-Dollar, outside Houston, groups of long-haired kids sat in front of the stage as cowboys two-stepped behind them.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Save for one unexpected on-air protest, his stint on the show went off without much hitch, giving Lochte the chance to do a bit of image rehab and learn a two-step along the way.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The rest of the time, a two-step process will typically be sufficient for keeping these surfaces in good shape.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
At the Half-Dollar, outside Houston, groups of long-haired kids sat in front of the stage as cowboys two-stepped behind them.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Save for one unexpected on-air protest, his stint on the show went off without much hitch, giving Lochte the chance to do a bit of image rehab and learn a two-step along the way.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Two-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-step. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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