steps aside
Lets another pass
Steps aside means to move out of the way, literally or figuratively.
The literal sense is physical: She stepped aside to let the paramedics through.
More often it describes voluntarily leaving a position or role to make way for someone else: The CEO stepped aside after thirty years.
The phrase suggests graceful or willing departure rather than forced removal.
- hand overTransfer to another's control
- evadeEscape by cunning
- resignVoluntarily leave office
- abdicateFormally renounce authority
- deferDelay or submit
shift · bow out · move · pause · vacate · acquiesce · relinquish · concede · stand down · yield · reconsider · make way · clears the way · deflect · retire · takes a back seat · delegate · dodge
steps asideblocks
Obstructs or sections
obstructs · gets in the way · interposes · crowds · encroaches
steps asideholds on
Continues to grip
stays on · digs in · hangs on · seizes power · takes over
steps asidesteps in
stands one's ground · intervenes · takes charge · asserts oneself · holds firm
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