"stand aside" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stands aside",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "standing aside",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood aside",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood aside",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stand<,,stood> aside"
      },
      "expansion": "stand aside (third-person singular simple present stands aside, present participle standing aside, simple past and past participle stood aside)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "34 27 39",
      "word": "let nature take its course"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To step sideways to make a space for someone else."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_aside-en-verb-skMwrzoR",
      "links": [
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "sideways",
          "sideways"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian",
          "text": "For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the \"lone ambition\" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that \"never favoured women\" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing \"a sad mistake\" in trying to run in Paris.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resign a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_aside-en-verb-xrER~5Dn",
      "links": [
        [
          "resign",
          "resign"
        ],
        [
          "voluntarily",
          "voluntarily"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 37 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 28 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (aside)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The minister will stand aside during the investigation.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_aside-en-verb-SRlS6aS6",
      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
        ],
        [
          "recuse",
          "recuse"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "decision-making",
          "decision-making"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand aside"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (aside)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stands aside",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "standing aside",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood aside",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood aside",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stand<,,stood> aside"
      },
      "expansion": "stand aside (third-person singular simple present stands aside, present participle standing aside, simple past and past participle stood aside)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "let nature take its course"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To step sideways to make a space for someone else."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "sideways",
          "sideways"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's time he stood aside and let a more qualified person do the job.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian",
          "text": "For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the \"lone ambition\" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that \"never favoured women\" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing \"a sad mistake\" in trying to run in Paris.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resign a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resign",
          "resign"
        ],
        [
          "voluntarily",
          "voluntarily"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The minister will stand aside during the investigation.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
        ],
        [
          "recuse",
          "recuse"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "decision-making",
          "decision-making"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand aside"
}