Stand aside

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.

"Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through."

2.verbTo 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."

3.verbTo temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain.

"The minister will stand aside during the investigation."

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