make a false step
make a false step
1. Literally, to misstep or stumble while one is walking. I made a false step on the mountain path and nearly went tumbling over a cliff!
2. By extension, to make an unwise, miscalculated, or blundering act or decision. It seems now that the president might have made a false step with that decision.
See also: false, make, step
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- false step
- base over apex
- trip on
- trip on (someone or something)
- trip along
- tumble down
- lose (one's) footing
- stumble
- literally
- sooner