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  1. If you take one step forward, two steps back, you make progress but then experience events that cause you to be further behind than you were when you made the progress.

    • English (US)

      ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK meaning: 1. If you take one...

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      ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK definicja: 1. If you take...

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  2. Marked by a small amount progress that is then eradicated by a large amount of setbacks, problems, or difficulties. So many administrative hurdles have been thrown up along the way that this whole project has been one step forward and two steps back ever since we began!

  3. One step forward, two steps back is an analogy, truism and English idiom that suggests that progress is often illusive such that improvements often have negative unintended consequences. The following are illustrative examples. Origin.

  4. one step forward, two back. Marked by a small amount progress that is then eradicated by a large amount of setbacks, problems, or difficulties. So many administrative hurdles have been thrown up along the way that this whole project has been one step forward, two back ever since we began!

  5. Music video by Olivia Rodrigo performing 1 step forward, 3 steps back (Lyric Video). © 2021 Olivia Rodrigo, under exclusive license to Geffen Recordshttp://v...

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  6. May 21, 2021 · 1 step forward, 3 steps back Lyrics: Called you on the phone today / Just to ask you how you were / All I did was speak normally / Somehow, I still struck a nerve / You got me fucked up...

  7. Sep 3, 2022 · one step forward, two steps back. ( idiomatic) A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments. We got all the roofing removed, but the chimney was damaged and we discovered that some rafters had to be replaced. One step forward, two steps back. Or maybe three.