step back

Example Sentences

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To understand how the U.S. arrived in this predicament, let’s take a step back.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

But it is hard not to step back from it and see something much simpler taking shape underneath all that ink.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

While I am grateful she has had the financial cushion to step back, I worry that this chapter has drifted into something more indefinite.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

She also denied that Erickson hid in the bushes, and said he ran back to the scene, came upon Grossman and her smashed Mercedes and was told to step back by a police officer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

I step back onstage to find the whole place going nuts.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston