step aside

THESAURUS

step aside

abdicate, about the bush, abrupt, alienate, avert, be pensioned, be superannuated, bear off, beat around, beg the question, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, demit, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, dodge, draw aside, duck, ease off, edge off, eject, equivocate, estrange, expel, fence, fly off, gee, give up, glance, glance off, go off, haw, head off, hedge, hem and haw, isolate, jib, leave, make way for, move aside, parry, part, pension off, pull away, pull back, pull out, pussyfoot, put off, quit, recoil, relinquish, renounce the throne, resign, retire, retire from office, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sheer off, shift, shift off, shove aside, shrink, shunt, shut off, shy, shy away, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, stand down, steer clear of, subtract, superannuate, swerve, switch, throw off, throw out, turn aside, turn away, turn back, uncouple, unyoke, vacate, veer off, ward off, withdraw, withdraw from

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step aside

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.