- step aside/down
- step aside/down [phrasal verb]: to leave a job or official position
He stepped down [=resigned] as president.
She'll step aside after her replacement is appointed.
• • •Main Entry: ↑step
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
step aside/down
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step aside/down — UK US step aside/down Phrasal Verb with step({{}}/step/ verb [I] ► [I] to leave an important job or position, especially to allow someone else to take your place: step aside/down as sth »He has decided to step down as chairman. step aside for/in… … Financial and business terms
step aside — Allow a block to trade at a price at which you do not care to participate in the trade. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * UK US step aside/down Phrasal Verb with step({{}}/step/ verb [I] ► [I] to leave an important job or position, especially… … Financial and business terms
step aside — phrasal verb step aside or step down [intransitive] Word forms step aside : present tense I/you/we/they step aside he/she/it steps aside present participle stepping aside past tense stepped aside past participle stepped aside to leave an official … English dictionary
step aside — ► step down (or aside) withdraw or resign from a position or office. Main Entry: ↑step … English terms dictionary
step aside — Synonyms and related words: abdicate, about the bush, abrupt, alienate, avert, be pensioned, be superannuated, bear off, beat around, beg the question, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, demit, depart, disarticulate,… … Moby Thesaurus
step aside — another way of saying step down. → step … English new terms dictionary
step aside — intransitive verb Date: 1949 step down … New Collegiate Dictionary
step aside — see step down … English dictionary
step down — UK US step aside/down Phrasal Verb with step({{}}/step/ verb [I] ► [I] to leave an important job or position, especially to allow someone else to take your place: step aside/down as sth »He has decided to step down as chairman. step aside for/in… … Financial and business terms
step*/*/*/ — [step] noun [C] I 1) a movement made by putting one foot in front of the other, or the sound that your feet make while you are walking I could hear the steps coming closer.[/ex] The postbox is just a few steps from my front door.[/ex] Tom took a… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
