quick|step

quick|step «KWIHK _STEHP», noun, verb, -stepped, -step|ping.

–n.

1. a step used in marching in quick time: »

The Grand Army starts off to war with a rousing quickstep, soon changes its tune to fit a war for which…hardly any of the sodiers were prepared (Time).

2. music in a brisk march rhythm.

3. a lively dance step.

–v.i.

1. to march or progress at a lively pace: »

But for all the explanations of the [ticker] tapewatchers there was one that underlay them all: The growing belief…that the whole economy…was once again quickstepping to new peaks (Newsweek).

2. to dance the quickstep.