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steps aside

steps aside is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step aside.

Meaning of step aside

Verb

step aside (third-person singular simple present steps aside, present participle stepping aside, simple past and past participle stepped aside)

  1. (intransitive) To move out of the way of somebody or something.
    • I stepped aside to let her pass.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service.
    • She added: “Today I ask Donald Trump to step aside and for the RNC to replace him with Gov. Mike Pence.”2016 October 8, Katie Glueck, quoting Carly Fiorina, “Top Republican women pull support from Trump”, in Politico
  3. (intransitive) To deviate from the right or proper path; to err or stray.
    • To step aside is human.18th c., Robert Burns, Address to the Unco Guid, or The Rigidly Righteous
  4. (intransitive) To walk to a little distance; retire for the occasion.

Questions about steps aside

What is steps aside the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Steps aside is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step aside.

Words near steps aside in the dictionary

  1. steprelationships
  2. steprelative
  3. steprelatives
  4. stepronin
  5. steps
  6. steps aside
  7. steps back
  8. steps between
  9. steps down
  10. steps foot
  11. steps forward

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