pas

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To help avoid this potential faux-pas, all of the film's problems can, thankfully, be traced back to the filmmakers themselves.

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  1. noun A step or dance.
  2. noun The right to go before; precedence.

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  • Not a faux-pas, architectural or horticultural, marred the seemliness of the prospect. —  Scales of Justice - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 18
  • To help avoid this potential faux-pas, all of the film's problems can, thankfully, be traced back to the filmmakers themselves. —  New Humanist Podcast
  • For the occasional finger painting faux-pas, a simple undo feature would add to the usability of this overall winner of an application. —  iPod Product Center
  • Biggest faux pas -- it is absolutely inexcuseable and unconscionable that there was no acknowledgement of Joe Torre. —  The Common Scold
  • The sheer ick factor of Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag severely beat down Lauren Conrad's hideous pants and other fashion faux-pas, grabbing 77 percent of the vote en route to a berth in Round One. —  GoFugYourself
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  1. French, from Old French, from Latin passus, step; see pace1.

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  1. French, a step, pace: see pace.
 

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