The phrase "action step forward" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific action that is intended to make progress or move ahead in a situation or project.
Example: "After reviewing the feedback, our team decided that the best action step forward is to implement the suggested changes immediately."
Alternatives: "progressive move" or "forward action".
If you don't feel ready to take an action step forward, don't worry.
Some other issues, as we've reported, stem either from ill-advised or cynical congressional action (step forward, Marco Rubio), or congressional gridlock.
In due time, you'll feel ready to take an action step forward, and the cognitive work you've done will pay off.
Remind yourself that you are just breathing, breaths that are full and deep, taking small, consistent action steps forward towards your goals.
Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political arm of the I.R.A., praised it for being "very, very courageous" and called today's action a "huge step forward".
"Today's action marks another step forward in the Justice Department's continuing effort to protect the voting rights of all eligible Americans," Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement, adding, "This represents the department's latest action to protect voting rights, but it will not be our last".
Just last month, the Trillion Tonne Communiqué, calling for cumulative CO2 emissions to be kept below 1trn tonnes, was amongst the business calls that led to a target for net zero emissions being included in the Lima Call for Climate Action – a concrete step forward towards Paris.
Jerry Bloom of the California Cogeneration Council also praised the PUC's action as a step forward for the state's 600 small generators.
"This action, while a step forward, suggests he may still be unwilling to take the fighting stance necessary to deliver the big wins over growing inequality that our country desperately needs," said Jim Dean, chairman of the liberal advocacy group Democracy for America.
Veneman Calls Action 'A Great Step Forward for Child Health and Survival' WASHINGTON, 30 June 2005 – UNICEF hailed the announcement today of a major new initiative by the United States to fund the prevention and treatment of malaria in Africa, calling the commitment "a great step forward for child health and survival".
John Frank, a senior corporate lawyer for Microsoft, called the merging of the two separate antitrust actions "a constructive step forward".
