📚 verb • entry_id 61941
take a step back
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dar un paso atrás
To withdraw temporarily from a situation in order to evaluate it; to cease one's course of action and take a moment to reflect on it; to try and gain some perspective.
By establishing GBR, the Department for Transport intends to "take a step back" from the day-to-day running of the railways, which will be music to the ears of many.
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