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step away from something
leave something temporarily
To step away from something means to stop dealing with it for a short time in order to rest or think more clearly.
Hear it in real life
Are you going to finish the report tonight?
Not yet; I need to step away from it and clear my head.
When the discussion became heated, I decided to step away from it for a few minutes.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: step out of the problem
Say: step away from the problem
Use "step away from" when you mean to pause your involvement with a problem.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
step away from something; stepped away from something; need to step away from something
Your turn: say it out loud
When the discussion became heated, I decided to step away from it for a few minutes.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
step away from something
leave something temporarily
“When the discussion became heated, I decided to step away from it for a few minutes.”
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