Examples of use of false step
1. "I don‘t allow myself to make premature announcements, and I don‘t allow [Russia‘s] foreign ministry to make a single false step.
2. One false step could be not good.‘‘ Battling winds up to 70 mph and blowing snow, rescue teams had worked through the night trying to locate the climbers.
3. The influential San Francisco Chronicle recently reported: ‘Draft jitters are rampant among high school and college age males. ‘The uncertain state of the world suggests that one false step could draw the United States into a new war and a new need for boots on the ground. ‘Army recruitment is failing to keep pace with the demand for new soldiers to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.‘ Philip Carter, a retired officer and widely published military analyst, said there might eventually be little choice but to reinstate conscription. ‘The all–volunteer model can‘t produce the numbers that might be needed,‘ he said, adding : ‘It‘s a matter of pragmatism.