step back English

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What does step back mean?

step back verb

— (idiomatic) To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.

— (idiomatic) To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.

— (rail transport, of a driver at a terminal station) to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.

step back noun

— (idiomatic) A reversion to a former state or situation.

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step back English » English

move back

go back

retreat

withdraw

recede

move backwards

fall back

draw back

retrogress

regress

recoil

go backwards

go backward

delay

back up

back away

yield

walk back

shrink away

shelve

set back

retire

resist

put off

push back

pull back

procrastinate

postpone

move backward

move away from

keep back

hang down

grant

give way

flinch

fall behind

fall

draw

defer

decide against

cede

assign

adjourn

accommodate

abate

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News and current affairs

But we can take it a step further back: people's income is lower and their jobs are insecure because they were not spending a short time ago - and so on, backwards in time, in a repeating feedback loop.