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to move away from something, or to stand at a distance from something, especially something dangerous
The children were told to stand back from the fire.
to not let yourself be influenced by your feelings about a situation so that you can think about it more clearly
I forced myself to stand back and assess the situation.
if a building stands back from a road, it is a short distance away from it
The house stands back around twenty yards from the curb.
