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step away
temporarily leave a situation
To step away means to leave a task or situation briefly so that you can pause, calm down, or recover.
Hear it in real life
Are you still dealing with that complaint?
Not right now - I need to step away for a few minutes.
I was getting frustrated, so I stepped away for a while.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to step away from for a few minutes.
Say: I need to step away for a few minutes.
With no situation named after it, step away does not take from.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
step away; step away for a while; step away from something
Your turn: say it out loud
I was getting frustrated, so I stepped away for a while.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
step away
temporarily leave a situation
“I was getting frustrated, so I stepped away for a while.”
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