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单词 to stand aside
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to stand aside
to stand aside
1. intransitive. To move away or withdraw and take up a standing position at some distance from a person or group, an activity or situation, etc.; frequently in imperative. Also in extended and figurative use: to distance oneself (from someone or something), refrain from becoming involved.
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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1826 He het Roland þan stonde a-side, ther him self al-one.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 619 The Pardoner stood a-syde.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts iv. B Then commaunded they them to stonde asyde out of ye councell.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. i. 54 Let's stand aside and see the end of this controuersie. View more context for this quotation
1703 C. Cibber She wou'd & she wou'd Not iv. 50 Stand aside, till I call for you.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby liv. 543 Stand aside, every one of you.
1974 R. Heilbroner Human Prospect i. 25 They can only play a distorting role when we try to stand aside from our private fates and reflect on the probable course of, and causes for, events.
2021 Sun (Nexis) 2 Nov. 12 I have just come back from the US,..where people stand aside in queues to allow them [sc. veterans] to go to the front.
2. intransitive. To withdraw or step down from a position or office. Cf. to stand down 4a at Phrasal verbs 1.
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1848 Leeds Intelligencer Extraordinary 11 Dec. 2/5 He reverts again to his petition to be allowed to get into parliament, this time, with a promise to stand aside at the next election.
1987 Guardian 13 Jan. 1/2 The decision of Mr Ernest Saunders to stand aside as chairman and chief executive.
2012 Australian 31 May 6/7 The so-called ‘Dad's Army’ of senior government figures will be under pressure to stand aside at the election.
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