GOOSE-STEPS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

goose-steps

verb

present tense third-person singular of goose-step

as in stamps

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For generations, athletes have been treated as if motherhood stamps their athletic identities with an expiration date.

— Lynda Lin Grigsby, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
The Council's 20% test widens that gap and stamps it as compliant.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of stamps

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Achord bounces on his toes like an impatient little kid watching his guys work, stomps his right foot on the ground and vaults his right arm forward to demonstrate how someone should return a kick.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
If anything, the dichotomy between the pop star who prances around Versailles in a sheer nightie and the pop star who stomps onstage in knee-high combat boots feels completely authentic and intentional.

— Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026

Definition of stomps

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Blanding was pregnant with her first child at the time, and the sisters quickly began imagining what life could look like with their separate homes just steps away from each other.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Here, the five-course tasting menu is based around what’s fresh on the farm, just steps away.

— Mark Johansen, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of steps

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Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
However, even as the team trudges to a play-in spot rather than a top seed, Green was adamant that the Warriors’ standard of competitiveness cannot change.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of trudges

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When one spouse passes, the survivor typically files as a single taxpayer the following year, with roughly the same income but dramatically compressed brackets.

— Dana Dunkelberger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The beloved character files a claim that the Acme corporation — the fictional company that sells the faulty products prominently seen in Looney Tunes cartoons — is purposefully selling bad products to Coyote in his efforts to catch Roadrunner.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of files

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Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Speaking of the houseboat, the finale treads some familiar ground for Lewis.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026

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