Used other than as an idiom: see step, back.
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.
To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.
As a therapist sometimes you have to step back from your clients' lives.
to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.
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Nearby phrases
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slick backslowly i turn, step by step, inch by in…spring backspring forward, fall backspring in one's stepstab in the backstand backstand backstand backstay backstay backstep asidestep asidestep asidestep asidestep downstep downstep forwardstep forwardstep instep instep in front of a moving trainstep offstep onstep on a rakestep on a rakestep on itstep on itstep on it!step on someone's toes
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