step back
— phrasal verb with step uk/step/us/step/verb [ I + adv/prep ] -pp-
to temporarily stop being involved in an activity or situation in order to think about it in a new way:
Let's just step back from the problem and think about what we could do.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Abstaining and refraining
- abstain
- abstemious
- abstention
- abstinence
- back off
- fast
- forborne
- give
- give (sth) up
- give up sth
- hors de combat
- keep
- keep (sb/sth) out of sth
- refrain
- step
- stop
- stop short of sth idiom
- swear off sth
- touch
- wouldn't touch sth with a barge pole idiom
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