"taken a step back" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|past participle}} taken a step back
  1. past participle of take a step back Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: take a step back
    Sense id: en-taken_a_step_back-en-verb-~Ke1OWuE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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