Meaning of stand aside | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To step sideways to make a space for someone else.
2. To resign a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead.
3. To temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain.

Equivalents

Examples

“Stand⟳ aside, please⟳, so the doctor can get⟳ through.”

“It's time he stood aside and let⟳ a more qualified person do the job.”

“For months, Dati warned she would refuse⟳ to stand⟳ aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open⟳ letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake⟳" in trying to run⟳ in Paris.”

“The minister will stand⟳ aside during the investigation.”

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