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Definition of Countersteps
1. counterstep [n] - See also: counterstep
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countersteps
Literary usage of Countersteps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"... energetic countersteps in order to give navigation of the North Sea even a
fair measure of security. It was stated that there had even been cases of ..."
2. The Oxford Reformers John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More: Being a History by Frederic Seebohm (1896)
"It is not within the scope of this history to trace the steps and countersteps,
the plots and counterplots, the bribery and treachery—the Machiavellian ..."
3. The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration by Thomas Brassey Brassey (1882)
"... is that with this foreknowledge the struggle between guns and armour should
have been spun out in a long-drawn series of small steps and countersteps, ..."
4. An Address Delivered in Petersham, Massachusetts, July 4, 1854, in by Edmund Burke Willson (1855)
"It was not till near the end of 1783, that any definite action in favor of building
was set on foot by the town; and, even then, many steps and countersteps ..."
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