standing aside
Making way politely
Standing aside means stepping out of the way or choosing not to participate.
Literally, you stand aside to let someone pass.
Figuratively, it suggests deliberate nonintervention—declining to act when you could: The committee stood aside and let the vote proceed without comment.
In British parliamentary procedure, standing aside means abstaining from a vote while allowing others to reach consensus.
- apartIn different locations
- stepFoot movement forward
- non-interferenceAbstaining from meddling
- stepping backMoving away backward
- relinquishingVoluntarily giving up possession
abstaining · deference · holding back · yielding · taking a back seat · ceding · giving way · neutrality · staying neutral · impartiality · wait · recusal · withdrawal · bowing out · letting go · discernment · repositioning · distancing
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- nonparticipationnonparticipation, noninvolvement, noninterference, nonintervention, abstention
- Quakerismthee, thou, thy, thine, inner light
- QuakersFriends, Quakerism, Quaker meetings, William Penn, inner light
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- inactioninaction, passivity, doing nothing, stillness, immobility
standing asideblocking
Impeding forward progress
standing in the way · obstructing · barring · barricading · impeding
standing asidestepping in
intervening · jumping in · taking charge · taking over · engaging
standing asideinterfering
Intruding in others' affairs
meddling · intruding · butting in · interposing · obstructing
standing, aside, stand, stands, stander, standee, outstanding, withstand, understand