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step aside
Move out of the way, as in Please step aside—I've got my arms full of groceries . This usage was first recorded in 1530.
Withdraw, make room for a replacement, as in The senior researcher decided to step aside for a younger colleague . [Second half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
"It wasn't a random gesture. They want me to step aside. But I will never give in. This is a vile attack, done for money and revenge," he told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
Protest leader Parnthep Pourpongpan said the prime minister "should step aside because she is the problem".
Step aside, evacuation of Dunkirk: Compared to dropping bombs on three targets in a country with no air defenses to speak of, you are garbage.
Prof O'Neill said it was with a "very heavy heart" that he had decided to step aside.
His “step aside” was in part sparked by a 2016 Thanksgiving altercation with his daughter’s dangerously sanctimonious husband, Shane.
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