stand aside
phrasal verb
stood aside; standing aside; stands aside
1
: to move to the left or right with one step or a few small steps
Please stand aside and let me pass.
2
: to allow something to happen : to not try to stop someone from doing something
I'm not going to stand aside and watch you ruin your life.
Examples of stand aside in a Sentence
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But standing aside or rolling over is not leadership either, and Alzawahi has some suggestions for how to select better leaders.
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Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
In December, lawyers for the Biden administration urged the court to stand aside for now because the suits are at an early stage.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Abraham stood aside, unable to feel, and the music wound itself into a compulsive free-jazz-like cacophony.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This means you’ll be asked to stand aside and wait for an available security officer, Maestas noted.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
Thankfully, his River Plate team-mates stood aside.
—Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
In his view, Moscow should have dug in, both within the union and abroad, instead of standing aside while former Soviet bloc states jumped ship to join the West.
—M. E. Sarotte, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Tuesday’s summit in Philadelphia is expected to be anything but that, as both parties have seen a jolt of adrenaline after Biden stood aside.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the longtime Democratic donor and fundraiser, has evoked an image of Joe Biden as a Hollywood movie hero after the president decided to stand aside in the 2024 election.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 July 2024
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Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
In December, lawyers for the Biden administration urged the court to stand aside for now because the suits are at an early stage.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Abraham stood aside, unable to feel, and the music wound itself into a compulsive free-jazz-like cacophony.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This means you’ll be asked to stand aside and wait for an available security officer, Maestas noted.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2024
Thankfully, his River Plate team-mates stood aside.
—Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
In his view, Moscow should have dug in, both within the union and abroad, instead of standing aside while former Soviet bloc states jumped ship to join the West.
—M. E. Sarotte, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Tuesday’s summit in Philadelphia is expected to be anything but that, as both parties have seen a jolt of adrenaline after Biden stood aside.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the longtime Democratic donor and fundraiser, has evoked an image of Joe Biden as a Hollywood movie hero after the president decided to stand aside in the 2024 election.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 July 2024
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“Stand aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20aside. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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