step back (English, verb)
expansion: step back (third-person singular simple present steps back, present participle stepping back, simple past and past participle stepped back)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
glosses: To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.
tags: idiomatic
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.
raw_tags: of a driver at a terminal station
glosses: To retreat from one's duties in a job; to reduce one's duties, often as a prelude to leaving a position; to take a back seat.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To quietly abandon a belief.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: steps back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stepping back
tags: participle
present
form: stepped back
tags: participle
past
form: stepped back
tags: past