baby step
A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
Noun
- A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
idiomatic, chiefly in the plural
- Learning a new language is difficult, so we'll learn by taking baby steps.
- “From a news operation standpoint, we’re going to start out with baby steps, but, eventually, this is going to be what you would expect it to be: a 24-hour operating network that covers a sport soup to nuts.” - 2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Origin
From the small, awkward movements of a young child learning to walk.