stand aside
verb- To step sideways to make a space for someone else. · Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
- To resign a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead. · It's time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.
- To temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain. · The minister will stand aside during the investigation.
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