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Uncommonstep back
The correct spelling is step back.
How to pronounce step back
noun
Say it like: Ste-p b-ak
The correct spelling is step back. A reversion to a former state or situation. For example: "Perhaps we should step back for a second and think about solving this problem a different way."
Usage Examples
“Perhaps we should step back for a second and think about solving this problem a different way.”
“As a therapist sometimes you have to step back from your clients' lives.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A reversion to a former state or situation.
verb
- 1.To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
- 2.To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.
- 3.(of a driver at a terminal station) to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.
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