The phrase "a definite step in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a clear and specific action taken towards achieving a goal or making progress in a particular area.
Example: "The new policy is a definite step in improving employee satisfaction and productivity."
Alternatives: "a clear advancement in" or "a significant move towards".
This weekend the cameras were perhaps pointed in the wrong direction, but the fixed time slots are a definite step in the right direction for the profile of the league.
"Premiering it now is a definite step in the right direction for cable, stepping up to the plate in fourth quarter and beyond," said Marc Berman, television analyst for the trade publication Mediaweek.
LinkedIn must evolve to compete, the move to open their platform is a definite step in the right direction.
Where We Are Now is a definite step in the right direction.
HitFix's Alan Sepinwall echoed analogous sentiments, and argued that while the show's character still need more development, the development displayed in the episode was a "definite step in the right direction on that front".
The EPA's effort to search for environmental chemicals that are most active in relevant assays across the various cancer hallmarks, and then to compare those results with in-vivo rodent carcinogenicity data for the same chemicals, was a definite step in this direction (29).
I've got a pretty good feeling in the car and we made a definite step forward in performance in Malaysia.
These automated options appear to be a definite step forward in protecting the 10.1 billions trips taken on public transit in America last year; however, they are still no replacement for increased security personnel at these transportation hubs.
Our top three were a little more expensive but a definite step up in terms of dimension and intensity.
Our top three were a little more expensive but a definite step up in dimension and intensity.
But the trailers for the West End revival of Ira Levin's Deathtrap – embedded in a website near you and available on YouTube if you haven't yet stumbled across it – are a definite step up in ambition.
