From the Ruteni to the Volcae is a mere step.

She'd been mere steps from freedom, from a Fleetwood full of aliens.

Ischi snapped to attention a mere step from freedom.

But we were mere steps from our goal!

A mere step in space 1 Wade shook his head, grinning.

For Reg, bookmaking was a mere step along the road to riches and power on the grand scale.

OI aside, the demonstration requires a mere 7 steps.

He crossed the last few meters to the maze in seconds, mere steps ahead of the closing mass.

They are a freedom-loving people and regard leadership a mere step away from totalitarianism.

From there, it was a mere step to television commercial direction, his full-time occupation for the last eight years.