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step back

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(lit)zurücktreten
(fig) to step back from somethingvon etw Abstand gewinnen; let us step back into the 18th centuryversetzen wir uns einmal ins 18. Jahrhundert zurück


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He set it in front of him, and whilst he was looking at it attentively, such a thick smoke came out that he had to step back a pace or two.
It would be better to shoot such rabble," and burst into loud laughter, so strange that Petya thought the French would immediately detect their disguise, and involuntarily took a step back from the campfire.
Her mother's pride in the girl's appearance led her to step back, like a painter from his easel, and survey her work as a whole.
 
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