step back

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.

2. (idiomatic)To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.

   Perhaps we should step back for a second and think about solving this problem a different way.

3. (idiomatic)To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.

   As a therapist sometimes you have to step back from your clients' lives.

4. To depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.

5. (idiomatic)To retreat from one's duties in a job; to reduce one's duties, often as a prelude to leaving a position; to take a back seat.

   He's stepping back from the role to let you start in it.

6. (idiomatic)To quietly abandon a belief.

   You need to step back from the threat you made.

1. Take a step back.

   Зроби крок назад.

   ruСделай шаг назад.

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2. Step back a little, please, sir.

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3. Tom took a couple of steps back.

   ruТом сделал пару шагов назад.

   deTom trat ein paar Schritte zurück.

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4. Let's take a step back for a moment.

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5. You may want to take a few steps back.

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irregular

• step upпропонувати, офіруватиTo increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.
• step outвийти, виходитиTo exit a place on foot, often for a short time.
• step onнаступати, наступитиTo adulterate (a drug) for the purpose of increasing its bulk, and therefore the profit when sold; to dilute, cut.
• step inзамінятиTo act as a replacement or substitute.
• step downйти, пітиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, down.
• step offTo measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers.
• step backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
• step overTo relocate oneself to a position of a few steps away; step aside.