step aside
Move out of the way, as in Please step aside—I've got my arms full of groceries. This usage was first recorded in 1530.
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How to use step aside in a sentence
But they tell him that at a border crossing each day the guards step aside so all the maids and gardeners can come in.
The agent kindly instructs you to step aside while they investigate.
Oregon Judge Grounds the Federal No-Fly List—and It’s High Time | Dean Obeidallah | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJudges are not required to step aside in cases in which they own bonds in one of the parties or receive royalties from a litigant.
Law-Breaking Judges Took Cases That Could Make Them Even Richer | Reity O’Brien, Kytja Weir, Chris Young, Center for Public Integrity | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if she really cared about her legacy, she would step aside.
Time for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Step Aside to Save Her Legacy | Adam Winkler | August 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTObama has continued to express confidence in his attorney general, and Holder has given no indication that he would step aside.
Never had they known him to step aside one foot, to pause or hesitate one moment, to avoid any of them.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyAnd, as Ulama came towards them, he signed to her to step aside, out of the line of fire.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank Aubreystep aside from the trodden footpath of personal experience, throwing away the petty cynicism bred of petty hopes disappointed.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesWe cannot step aside amid the heat and dust of the conflict between light and darkness, to read lessons upon legal technicalities.
The Way to Abolish Slavery | Charles StearnsIt must be hard to care for a child for twenty-three years, as she says, and then have to step aside for a stranger.
Flaming June | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
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