Course and Step

Course

Course verb - To proceed or move quickly.

Usage example: racehorses coursing down the track

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Step and course are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step" instead the word "Course" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Step noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

Usage example: took steps to ensure that there would be no more incidences of food poisoning

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Course and step are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead the word "Step" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

good	good course	good step
best	best course	best step
particular	particular course	particular step
normal	normal course	normal step
Other adjectives: natural, short, standard, single, obvious, simple, small, logical, real, huge, wrong, personal, new, major, possible, final, next, basic, last, giant.

When confronted with the issue, Killigan explains that he wasn't involved, and takes it a step further to reveal that his own golf course was defaced in a similar manner.

Source: Not Me This Time / Western Animation
All, of course, step forward, but senior surviving member ordered the survivors to step forward and volunteer.

Source: Line in the Sand
The "good" version was treacly, cloying, and so nonviolent he refused to even step on bugs... and of course useless in the effort to round up the evil version.

Source: Good Is Impotent

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