Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)A setback, downgrade, or deterioration.

    Switching to more frequent meetings was a step back for that team, which had too many meetings already.

  2. (idiomatic)A reversion to a former state or situation.

Examples

109 sentences

  1. Take a step back.

    Зроби крок назад. — deniko

    ruСделай шаг назад. — odexed

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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. — odexed

    deTom trat ein paar Schritte zurück. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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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Forms

plural: steps back
Singularstep back
Pluralsteps back

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
restorationC1deconversionregressionrestitutionreversion

Antonyms

1 antonyms
leg up

Word family

2 related words
Relateddouble-enddouble-ending

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stenographerstenographystepA2stepchildstepdaughterstepfatherB2stepmom

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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