English Dictionary: steppingstone | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stepping-stone \Step"ping-stone`\, n. 1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking. 2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. These obstacles his genius had turned into stepping-stones. --Macaulay. That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. --Tennyson. |