to stop for a moment in order to consider something
At some point he was going to step back.
He said: 'We have to build again and take two steps back to go forward again.
I took a step back and thought about what I wanted to say.
It sends the message that we're here and we're not going to step back.
It's not often you're taking a step back to think about it.
Let’s step back and have another look at this.
Nobody is going to step back and worry about him.
She is altogether admirable about how she made a virtue of it: 'One of my coping mechanisms was to step back and think about this whole process.
Sometimes you have to take a step back and look potentially at where this game can go.
Sometimes you have to take a step back to go one forward and sometimes they are just comfortable with what they have.
Step back and look at the big picture across the entire globe.
Step back and think this all through.
Take a step back and look at the real picture.
Take a step back and think before you buy.
Tell them both you need to take a step back to think.
Tell your old flame that you're going to step back from your affair while you see if you can sort out your marriage.
The group needed to be prepared to take a step back to go forward.
The key is to step back and look at the larger picture.
Thing is, when you take a step back and think about it, you realise just whose money it is.
This is the moment to step back and think for a while.
To answer these questions we need to take a step back and look at the recent past.
To step back and look with new eyes is invaluable.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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