Step and Tactic

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

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Tactic is a synonym for step in action topic. In some cases you can use "Tactic" instead a noun "Step", when it comes to topics like manoeuvre.

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

Tactic noun - A plan for attaining a particular goal.

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Step is a synonym for tactic in action topic. You can use "Step" instead a noun "Tactic".

Nearby Words: tact, tactics, tactical, tactician, tactically

old	old step	old tactic
good	good step	good tactic
best	best step	best tactic
particular	particular step	particular tactic
Other adjectives: common, standard, single, obvious, simple, real, great, important, necessary, key, new, early, major, possible, unusual, basic.

Offscreen Teleportation: The Little Man uses this tactic to stay one step ahead of Daffy.

Source: Western Animation / Draftee Daffy
Some even take it a step further with a tactic called Cliffdiving, basically driving their tank off a cliff and right down on-top of an enemy tank.

Source: Car Fu
Senseless Violins: The tactic of hiding a gun inside a violin case is taken a step further when a character conceals a Skorpion sub machine gun inside a violin.

Source: Series / Bergerac

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