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step back

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I feel like this movie can be one very small step back towards caring for each other within a community.

There was no time to adjust or step back and see what it was all about.

But when you find yourself looking for messages and answers in the pattern of a dress, it's time to step back and just enjoy it.

Again, there was a big step forward in ingenuity and, again, there was a big step back in guts.

Take a step back now and contemplate what this means for the good people of Oklahoma.

The coachman gathers up his reins and shakes squarely down into his seat; the ostlers step back.

In vain did the old governments expect to step back into exactly the same places they had occupied before the revolutionary war.

He did not see the girls, but as they attempted to step back into the shadow of the trees, Gale stepped on a twig.

She made a quick step back among the laurels, for as she spoke Sir Francis was upon them.

He had not time to step back, and was knocked down by the door.

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to step back, such as: backfire, balk, blanch, blink, cringe, and demur.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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