step aside
verb
stepped aside; stepping aside; steps aside
: to withdraw from one's position or occupation : step down
Examples of step aside in a Sentence
a newscaster who knew when it was time to step aside from the anchor desk and let a younger person take over
the prime minister was compelled to step aside from his office when it was demonstrated that he had violated the public trust
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Tamer Badawi, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London specializing in Iraq, said that al-Sudani may well have anticipated the pushback against al-Maliki's nomination and stepped aside as a political maneuver.
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Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
From Democratic Party leaders to the nation’s leading advocacy organizations to even the most centrist lawmakers in Congress, the calls are mounting for the Homeland Security secretary to step aside after the shooting deaths in Minneapolis of two people who protested deportation policy.
—Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Tamer Badawi, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London specializing in Iraq, said that al-Sudani may well have anticipated the pushback against al-Maliki’s nomination and stepped aside as a political maneuver.
—Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
That blockbuster has ruled the country ranking for 34 consecutive frames, and in its thirty-fifth turn on the 50-spot ranking, Wallen’s latest full-length finally steps aside.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
From Democratic Party leaders to the nation’s leading advocacy organizations to even the most centrist lawmakers in Congress, the calls are mounting for the Homeland Security secretary to step aside after the shooting deaths in Minneapolis of two people who protested deportation policy.
—Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Tamer Badawi, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London specializing in Iraq, said that al-Sudani may well have anticipated the pushback against al-Maliki’s nomination and stepped aside as a political maneuver.
—Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
That blockbuster has ruled the country ranking for 34 consecutive frames, and in its thirty-fifth turn on the 50-spot ranking, Wallen’s latest full-length finally steps aside.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for step aside
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“Step aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/step%20aside. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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