Gait

The answer

STEP

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEP answer page.

Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TROT (32 uses in xd)
• PACE (19 uses in xd)
• CANTER (6 uses in xd)
• LOPE (5 uses in xd)
• STRIDE (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for STEP

Every other clue in this collection answered by STEP, most used first.

• Dance move - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
• Short distance - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a process - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Ladder rung - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Staircase part - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Put one's foot down - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Dance unit - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Big first for a baby - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Rung - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Dance lesson - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Footfall - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Pedometer unit - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Flight part - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a flight - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Rung of a ladder - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pace - used 32 times, most recently in 2014
• Escalator part - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Degree. - used 29 times, most recently in 2012
• Bit of choreography - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Dance bit - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Flight unit - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a staircase - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Watch your ___!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Procedure part - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Dance movement - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Choreography bit - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Part of a plan - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Stride - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Dance part - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Fitbit unit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Plan part - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Stair part - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• A ___ in the right direction - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Flight component - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Phase - used 19 times, most recently in 2000
• Instructions part - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of progress - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Resign, with "down" - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Chassé. - used 16 times, most recently in 1992
• Flight segment - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Put your foot down - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Stair - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Tread - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Footprint - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Part of a recipe - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ right up!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ aerobics - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Baby-book first - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Measure - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Part of a dance - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Process part - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Recipe part - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ lively!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ on it!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Two-__; ballroom dance - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Increase, with "up" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Kind of aerobics - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Ladder part - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Move a foot - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Small progression - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Stage - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Stairway part - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• How-to part - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Instruction unit - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of a dance lesson - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Small distance. - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Bobby Brown's "Every Little ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Dance component - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Dance instruction - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• How-to unit - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• One foot forward - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a dance routine - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Procedure. - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Aerobics prop - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Algorithm part - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Big first for baby - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Dance - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of a procedure - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a recovery program - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Piece of choreography - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Aerobic bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Aerobics class prop - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Flight feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Instruction part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of ladder - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Kind of mother or child - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• One ___ at a time - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• One of AA's twelve - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Phase of a process - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Put one foot in front of the other - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Self-help level - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Short stride - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Staircase unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• You may have to watch yours - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Easy gait - LOPE, used 127 times
• Horse's gait - TROT, used 105 times
• Easy gait - TROT, used 72 times
• Gait. - TROT, used 32 times
• Jogging gait - TROT, used 31 times
• Moderate gait - TROT, used 26 times

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