high stepper
- noun
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persona que marcha con pasos altos
- The dancer was a high stepper, her legs lifting dramatically with every beat of the music.
Examples
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At the parade, several marching band members behaved like high steppers to impress the judges.
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He walked into the room as a deliberate high stepper, drawing all eyes with exaggerated steps.
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The high stepper impressed the audience with her performance.
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He is known as a high stepper during parades.
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The dancer was a high stepper, her legs lifting dramatically with every beat of the music.
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At the parade, several marching band members behaved like high steppers to impress the judges.
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He walked into the room as a deliberate high stepper, drawing all eyes with exaggerated steps.
Synonyms
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7.7
A dancer who performs precise, fast footwork in shows or contests
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A person who walks proudly to show something, often in a festival
A soldier who marches with straight legs and high steps
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who walks or marches with exaggerated high lifts of the feet' is directly derivable from combining 'high' (having large vertical lift) with 'stepper' (one who steps), following a standard adjective + agentive-noun pattern. Although 'stepper' is less frequent, the composition is literal and cross-linguistically straightforward, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
High stepper comes from people who lift their knees and feet very high when they walk or march to impress others. Imagine someone walking like a dancer or parade marcher, and that's why the phrase means a person who takes big, showy steps.