The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (521 page)
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One STEP at a time
1853Heir of Redclyffe
II. i.
One step at a time is all one wants.
1901
Kim
vi.
It's beyond me. We can only walk one step at a time in this world.
1919
Mr. Standfast
xvi.
I did not allow myself to think of ultimate escape … One step at a time was enough.
1979
Satan Sampler
ix.
The stuff he had found .. took precedence over everything. One step at a time.
caution;
patience and impatience
step
A STERN chase is a long chase
A
stern chase
is one in which the pursuing ship follows directly in the wake of the pursued.
1823
Pilot
xv.
‘If we can once get him in our wake I have no fears of dropping them all.’ ‘A stern chace is a long chase.’
1919
Victorian Recollections
xiv.
English poetry has had a start of some centuries, and a stern chase is proverbially a long one.
1929
Mystery of Papyrus
vii. 52
Followed again to-day by shabby native, but threw him off with complete success by getting rapidly into a taxi and driving round about. A stern chase is a long chase.
futility
;
persistence
stern chase
is one in which the pursuing ship follows directly in the wake of the pursued.
1823Pilot
xv.
‘If we can once get him in our wake I have no fears of dropping them all.’ ‘A stern chace is a long chase.’
1919
Victorian Recollections
xiv.
English poetry has had a start of some centuries, and a stern chase is proverbially a long one.
1929
Mystery of Papyrus
vii. 52
Followed again to-day by shabby native, but threw him off with complete success by getting rapidly into a taxi and driving round about. A stern chase is a long chase.
futility;
persistence
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