step aside

s'écarter, se pousser

Se déplacer sur le côté pour laisser passer quelqu'un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To move to one side so someone or something can pass.

• Please step aside.
• He stepped aside to let the children pass.
• Could you step aside so I can open the door?

Comment l'utiliser : step aside for someone/something (Please step aside for the ambulance crew.)

Synonymes : move aside, move out of the way

Expressions courantes : step aside briefly, step aside politely

se retirer, céder sa place

Quitter un emploi ou une fonction pour laisser une autre personne l'occuper.

En anglais simple : To leave a job or position so someone else can take it.

• The manager agreed to step aside.
• She stepped aside as party leader last spring.
• Will he step aside and let someone else lead?

Comment l'utiliser : step aside as someone (She stepped aside as chair after ten years.); step aside for someone (He stepped aside for a younger candidate.)

Synonymes : step down, stand down, withdraw

Expressions courantes : step aside voluntarily, step aside gracefully

s'éloigner un moment, se retirer un instant

S'éloigner un peu des autres pendant un court moment.

En anglais simple : To walk a short distance away from other people for a while.

• They stepped aside for a private talk.
• She asked him to step aside with her.
• We stepped aside while the guests continued dancing.

Comment l'utiliser : step aside to do something (They stepped aside to discuss the matter privately.)

Synonymes : withdraw, retire

Expressions courantes : step aside briefly, step aside together

s'écarter du droit chemin

Cesser de bien se conduire ou s'écarter du droit chemin.

En anglais simple : To stop behaving correctly or following the right course.

• Even honest people may step aside.
• She stepped aside from the path of virtue.
• He feared that temptation would make his son step aside.

Comment l'utiliser : step aside from something (He stepped aside from the path of duty.)

Synonymes : go astray, err

Expressions courantes : step aside morally, step aside from duty