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. — deniko
deGeh bitte zur Seite! — wolfgangth
I stood aside to let them pass.
ruЯ встал в стороне, чтобы позволить им пройти. — Olya
deIch trat zur Seite, um sie durchzulassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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