step in the right direction, a

A move that advances a course of action, as in Asking Bill to resign is a step in the right direction. This idiom was first recorded in 1871.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Felipa	[fe'li:pa:]
Mauricio	mow-REE-thyo (Spanish), mow-REE-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Roe	[rəu]
Johnston	['dʒɔnstən]
Archbald	['a:tʃbɔ:ld]
Wolfgang	VAWLF-gahng (German), WUWLF-gang (English)	German, Ancient Germanic