Meaning of “stand back” in the English Dictionary

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stand back

— phrasal verb with stand uk ​ /stænd/ us ​ /stænd/ verb stood, stood

B2 to move a short distance away from something or someone:

Please stand back - then all of you will be able to see what I'm doing.

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(Definition of “stand back” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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