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
Cicely['sisli]
Denisde-NEE (French), DEN-is (English), DE-nis (German)French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian
Shelah-Biblical
Brian[braiən]
Svetoslav-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Woodrow['wudrəu]