to step back

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retreat
To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation

As a therapist sometimes you have to step back from your client's lives.

To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation

Perhaps we should step back for a second and think about solving this problem a different way.

to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time
If you step back and think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it. I stepped back and analysed the situation It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole. = stand back
give up a space; move backwards
to step back

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı step bäk

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈstep ˈbak/ /tə ˈstɛp ˈbæk/

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    ... And let me step back and tell you what I would like to do with our immigration policy broadly ...
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