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Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
b) To leave a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead.Its time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.
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stand aside — index abandon (withdraw), demit, quit (discontinue), resign, retire (conclude a career) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C … Law dictionary
stand aside — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms stand aside : present tense I/you/we/they stand aside he/she/it stands aside present participle standing aside past tense stood aside past participle stood aside 1) to move to one side in order to let… … English dictionary
stand aside — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you stand aside from something, you allow it to happen without interfering in it or doing anything to prevent it. [V P from n] Ireland stood aside from this conflict... [V P] The key question was whether they would stand aside… … English dictionary
stand aside — stand out of the way, stand to the side … English contemporary dictionary
stand aside — Synonyms and related words: abdicate, abrupt, alienate, be pensioned, be superannuated, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, demit, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide … Moby Thesaurus
stand aside — … Useful english dictionary
stand — /stand/, v., stood, standing, n., pl. stands for 43 63, stands, stand for 64. v.i. 1. (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet. 2. to rise to one s feet (often fol. by up). 3. to have a specified height when in this position: a… … Universalium
stand — ► VERB (past and past part. stood) 1) be in or rise to an upright position, supported by one s feet. 2) place or be situated in a particular position. 3) move in a standing position to a specified place: stand aside. 4) remain stationary or… … English terms dictionary
stand down — ► stand down 1) (also stand aside) resign from or leave a position or office. 2) relax after a state of readiness. Main Entry: ↑stand … English terms dictionary
stand — [[t]stæ̱nd[/t]] ♦ stands, standing, stood 1) VERB When you are standing, your body is upright, your legs are straight, and your weight is supported by your feet. [V prep] She was standing beside my bed staring down at me... [V adj] They told me… … English dictionary
