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step aside - definition and meaning
step aside
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Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, idiomatic to move out of one's way
- verb intransitive, idiomatic to
make room for others as replacements bywithdrawing from a position or service - verb intransitive, idiomatic to
deviate from the right or proper path - verb intransitive, idiomatic to walk to a little distance;
retire for the occasion
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synonyms (108)
Words with the same meaning
- abdicate
- about the bush
- abrupt
- alienate
- avert
- be pensioned
- be superannuated
- bear off
- beat around
- beg the question
- cast off
- cast out
- cut adrift
- cut off
- cut out
- delete
- demit
- depart
- disarticulate
- disconnect
- disengage
- disjoin
- disjoint
- dissociate
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- dodge
- draw aside
- duck
- ease off
- edge off
- eject
- equivocate
- estrange
- expel
- fence
- fly off
- gee
- give up
- glance
- glance off
- go off
- haw
- head off
- hedge
- hem and haw
- isolate
- jib
- leave
- make way for
- move aside
- parry
- part
- pension off
- pull away
- pull back
- pull out
- pussyfoot
- put off
- quit
- recoil
- relinquish
- renounce the throne
- resign
- retire
- retire from office
- segregate
- separate
- sequester
- set apart
- set aside
- sheer off
- shift
- shift off
- shove aside
- shrink
- shunt
- shut off
- shy
- shy away
- shy off
- side
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- sidle
- split
- stand aloof
- stand apart
- stand aside
- stand down
- steer clear of
- subtract
- superannuate
- swerve
- switch
- throw off
- throw out
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn back
- uncouple
- unyoke
- vacate
- veer off
- ward off
- withdraw
- withdraw from
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