false move



false move

 and one false move
Fig. [even] a single movement that indicates that one is disobeying an order to remain still or in a nonthreatening posture. The robber threatened to shoot us if we made one false move.
See also: false, move

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tupaarnaq-Native American, Greenlandic
Pocahontas-History, Native American, Algonquin
Alkeides-Greek Mythology
Regin-Ancient Germanic
SivSEEVSwedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Pualani-Hawaiian