a step backward

Likewise, if the woman must lift, it is safest for her to lift cross-court so that all she has to do is take a step backward to defend.

As he took a step backward, the magician turned to face him, fixing him with a pair of unsettlingly deep brown eyes.

"This is a direct attack on the media and a step backward for democracy, " he said.

I'm not sure about automobiles. With all their speed forward, they may be a step backward in civilization. -----Booth tarkington.

He took a step backward.

When you get down to business for the sake of fun then you miss a step backward into a negative!

Well, in fact, I've given it some thought and I've found your proposal is like taking a step backward for two steps forward.

Cleaner, friendlier, intimate UI may sound like a step backward, but it's not.

Life, we will face many not liking things. Finding a true friend is not easy, momentary calm forbearance, take a step backward.

In that sense, it's a step backward. Not much of a fairy-tale ending.

She took a step backward, and hands raised, looking very surprised.

Find ancient find old, not as a step backward, more than is a reversal.

Unfortunately, this is a step in the wrong direction--perhaps even a step backward--for IT security.

State Department officials called the military coup a step backward for democracy in Thailand.

If this is the next stage of computing, we're taking a step backward.

In order to develop language, Humphrey says humans had to take a step backward.

The Nike man took a step backward.

A step backward doesn't mean I'll give up.

And we can take a step backward to keep our friendship.

modest concessions, take a step backward, to their psychological relief;