Definition of "step aside"

step aside

verb
third-person singular simple present steps aside, present participle stepping aside, simple past and past participle stepped aside
1. (intransitive) To move out of the way of somebody or something.
2. (intransitive) To make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service.
3. (intransitive) To deviate from the right or proper path; to err or stray.
  Quotations
  To step aside is human.
  18th c., Robert Burns, Address to the Unco Guid, or The Rigidly Righteous
4. (intransitive) To walk to a little distance; retire for the occasion.