Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase to take a step back.
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1. recede
 2. withdraw
3. retreat
4. backtrack
5. pullback
6. recess
7. resort
8. retract
9. retreating
10. retrograde
 11. retrude
12. revel
13. back out
14. beat back
15. draw back
16. give back
17. go back
18. go back on
19. never mind
20. pull back
 21. pushback
22. rear
23. rebate
24. recant
25. receding
26. recession
27. recoil
28. recoiling
29. recule
30. regrade
 31. regress
32. relapse
33. retirade
34. retracted
35. retractive
36. retrench
37. retrocede
38. return

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