stepping stone
noun [S] (STAGE)Definition
› an event or experience that helps you achieve something else: I see this job just as a stepping stone to better things.Stages and phases
(Definition of stepping stone noun (STAGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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