step back

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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
step back in time
(deyim) Go back into the past
one step forward, two steps back
A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments

We got all the roofing removed but the chimney was damaged and we discovered that some rafters had to be replaced. One step forward, two steps back. Or maybe three.

To step back
retreat
step back

    Turkish pronunciation

    step bäk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstep ˈbak/ /ˈstɛp ˈbæk/

    Etymology

    [ 'step ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English stæpe; akin to Old High German stapfo step, stampfOn to stamp.

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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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