step back

step back
intransitive verb
zurücktreten

step back in fright/surprise — vor Schreck/Überraschung [einen Schritt] zurückweichen

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step back
vi
1. (move back) zurücktreten
2. (gain a new perspective) Abstand nehmen
she wants to \step back back from the committee's activities sie möchte sich von den Aktivitäten des Komitees zurückziehen
3. (emotionally re-visit)
to \step back back into sth sich akk in etw akk zurückversetzen
to \step back back in time sich akk in die Vergangenheit zurückversetzen
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vi
1) (lit) zurücktreten
2) (fig)

to step back from sth — von etw Abstand gewinnen

let us step back into the 18th century — versetzen wir uns einmal ins 18. Jahrhundert zurück

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step back
A v/i
1. zurücktreten
2. (vor Schreck etc) zurückweichen
B v/t abstufen
* * *
intransitive verb
zurücktreten

step back in fright/surprise — vor Schreck/Überraschung [einen Schritt] zurückweichen

* * *
v.
zurück treten v.
zurücktreten (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

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