Usually means: Withdraw temporarily to gain perspective.
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  1. step back: Merriam-Webster
  2. step back: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. step-back: Wordnik
  4. step back, step back (in time): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. step back: Wiktionary
  6. Step Back (album), Step Back (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. step back: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. step back: Idioms

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  1. Step back: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (step back)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
verb:  (idiomatic) To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
verb:  (idiomatic) To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.
verb:  (rail transport, of a driver at a terminal station) to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.
noun:  (idiomatic) A setback, downgrade, or deterioration.
noun:  (idiomatic) A reversion to a former state or situation.

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