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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
misstep .
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Examples
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O'BRIEN: Yes, they kind of misstepped, didn't they?
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Red-faced product manager Todd Jackson admitted that Google had "misstepped" by launching its Buzz social networking service too "broadly and promiscuously."
RCR Wireless News >> Opinion Sylvie Barak 2010
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“I can make it home,” Stefàn argued and immediately misstepped, practically falling to the ground.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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I probably misstepped but I was trying to make a point with the Mulally example.
NASA Administrator: A New Name Is Circulating - NASA Watch 2009
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Elias — Whedon has definitely misstepped on this front (Dr. Horrible comes to mind), but yes, yes, YES to what he said about Captivity.
A woman’s place is not in the refrigerator at SF Novelists 2009
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“I can make it home,” Stefàn argued and immediately misstepped, practically falling to the ground.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Repubicans never want to be held responible for any bad habits they have shown, but rake any body us that have misstepped.
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They did not hesitate to criticize Republicans when they misstepped or fell short of abolitionist ideals.
Stephen Menendian: The 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War: Our Legacy Considered Stephen Menendian 2011
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I'm in sc. the gov misstepped right into it. love is blind. politics ain't. he will live with this from now on. look at Clinton. moral foolishment and politics don't mix. we are all human. don't cast stones my friends you may be next!! jaye
Sanford ally in South Carolina Senate calls for resignation 2009
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Some critics said that Obama may have misstepped in alienating large numbers of Catholic voters who, while many do not follow their church's teachings on contraception, object to the government forcing it to go against its beliefs.
Obama's contraception rules under fire from Congress and religious groups 2012
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