if a building stands back from a road, it is a short distance away from it
to move away from something, or to stand at a distance from something, especially something dangerous
to not let yourself be influenced by your feelings about a situation so that you can think about it more clearly
And when you're done riding, you can stand back and look at it.
Do you really think you could stand back and not get involved with your own flesh and blood?
For the moment, though, stand back and look at the big picture.
I am going to stand back and let them decide what will work.
I forced myself to stand back and assess the situation.
I wanted to be able to stand back and look at it.
I was shocked and stood back thinking,'What has happened here?
It needs to put the music in a setting, to stand back and look at the larger context.
No way am I going to stand back and let what's happened to me happen.
People need to stand back and get some reality in to this.
People weren't standing back looking at computer screens and pressing buttons, there was none of that.
Stand back and look at the horse to assess his make and shape.
Stand back and look objectively at the problem.
Taking time to stand back and think is a priority.
The children were told to stand well back from the fire.
The house stands back around twenty yards from the lane.
The scale of many of his canvases is such that you have to stand back, way back, to take them in.
Then stand back and look at the shape.
They have stood back and looked hard at their procedures, their costs through the supply chain and their management structures.
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