step aside

hacerse a un lado, apartarse

Moverse hacia un lado para que alguien o algo pueda pasar.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: step aside for someone/something (Please step aside for the ambulance crew.)

Sinónimos: move aside, move out of the way

Expresiones frecuentes: step aside briefly, step aside politely

dejar el cargo, ceder el puesto

Dejar un trabajo o cargo para que otra persona lo ocupe.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: step aside as someone (She stepped aside as chair after ten years.); step aside for someone (He stepped aside for a younger candidate.)

Sinónimos: step down, stand down, withdraw

Expresiones frecuentes: step aside voluntarily, step aside gracefully

apartarse un momento

Alejarse un poco de otras personas durante un rato.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: step aside to do something (They stepped aside to discuss the matter privately.)

Sinónimos: withdraw, retire

Expresiones frecuentes: step aside briefly, step aside together

desviarse del buen camino, errar

Dejar de actuar correctamente o apartarse del buen camino.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: step aside from something (He stepped aside from the path of duty.)

Sinónimos: go astray, err

Expresiones frecuentes: step aside morally, step aside from duty