stand aside
To step sideways to make a space for someone elseTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.
» Stand aside, please.
Geh bitte zur Seite!
Відійди вбік, будь ласка.
Відійдіть вбік, будь ласка.
Meaning
3 sensesTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.
Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
To resign a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead.
It's time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.
To temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain.
The minister will stand aside during the investigation.
Examples
12 sentencesStand aside, please.
Відійди вбік, будь ласка.
deGeh bitte zur Seite!
I stood aside to let them pass.
ruЯ встал в стороне, чтобы позволить им пройти.
deIch trat zur Seite, um sie durchzulassen.
He stood aside for her to enter.
Tom stood aside to let Mary through the door.
Please stand aside.
Forms
stands aside, standing aside, stood aside, stood aside| Base form | stand aside · to stand aside |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stands aside |
| Present participle | standing aside |
| Past simple | stood aside |
| Past participle | stood aside |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
15 phrasal verbs- stand upвстати, вставатиTo rise from a lying or sitting position.
- stand outстирчати, випинатисяTo jut out, protrude (from a surface etc.).
- stand inзамінятиTo substitute for; to replace
- stand downпіти у відставку, іти у відставкуTo wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture.
- stand forмати на увазі, збиратисяTo mean; to symbolize; to represent; especially of an acronym or abbreviation.
- stand byчекати, очікуватиTo wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- stand offTo stand some distance apart from something or someone.
- stand onTo continue following the same course.
More 7
- stand backTo maintain distance.
- stand overTo be very watchful of.
- stand aroundTo stand without doing anything; to do nothing productive; to waste time.
- stand withTo back or side with; to support (in reference to literally standing alongside someone to show one's support).
- stand toTo tolerate (something); to be able to withstand (something) stressful that will be ultimately beneficial.
- stand asideTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.
- stand underTo withstand, resist or endure.
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle