stand back
verb- To maintain distance. · You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
- To abstain from participation. · While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
- (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
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Stand back, manling.
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