step back

Verb

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
2. To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
3. To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.
4. to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.

Noun

A reversion to a former state or situation.

Synonyms

move back

go back

retreat

move backwards

recede

fall back

draw back

withdraw

delay

retrogress

back up

go backward

go backwards

recoil

regress

back away

pull back

push back

put off

resist

retire

set back

shelve

walk back

yield

decide against

move away from

move backward

abate

shrink away

accommodate

adjourn

assign

cede

defer

draw

fall

fall behind

flinch

give way

grant

hang down

keep back

postpone

procrastinate