Step
Step verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: many people wanted to linger before the president's bier, but guards kept the line of mourners stepping forward
Zoom
Zoom verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: race cars zooming around a track at breakneck speeds
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The zoom, or variable focal length, lens was a huge step forward.
Source: Zoom -
SFIV goes one step further, and uses full motion zoom-ins for Ultra Moves, to enhance that Oh Crap!
Source: Super Move Portrait Attack -
Flash Step: Stalkers are able to short-range teleport with Blink, just enough to hop over a cliff or zoom out of range of an enemy.
Source: Video Game / StarCraft II
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