Antonyms for step aside
Grammar : Verb |
Definition of step aside
- As in avoid : verb refrain or stay away from; prevent
- He ceased this operation as I approached and was about to step aside.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Step aside one moment, Captain; I have something for your private ear.
- Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
- I'll be sorry to see him step aside, as glad as I am to be promoted—and that's honest.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- I will step aside and learn how she happens to be alone in my grove.
- Extract from : « Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades » by Florence Holbrook
- I sprang a step aside from the table between us, found her, and drew her to me.
- Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- She did not seem to see him, though he was forced to step aside to let her pass.
- Extract from : « The Brand of Silence » by Harrington Strong
- Just step aside now, you cowardly black devil, and let me pass.
- Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
- But step aside to me, when the curtain falls, and remain—oh, dear friend!
- Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
- Even so, Simon held his silence and did not step aside to let the man in.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
- Vitalis took a step aside to see if it really was as I said.
- Extract from : « Nobody's Boy » by Hector Malot
Synonyms for step aside
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
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