stand aside
— phrasal verb with stand uk/stænd/us/stænd/verb stood, stood
to leave a job or position so that someone else can have it instead:
It's time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.
to step sideways to make a space for someone else:
Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
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Retiring & resigning
- abdicate
- attrition
- bow 1
- bow out
- chuck
- chuck sth in
- demit
- drop
- golden parachute
- leave the field open for sb idiom
- natural wastage
- outgoing
- pension sb off
- retiring
- serve
- serve sth out
- stand down
- step
- step aside/down
- throw
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