To step sideways to make a space for someone else. / To resign a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead.

(simile, colloquial, vulgar, humorous) Very cold.

(idiomatic) To assume that everyone agrees that something is correct.

(intransitive) To move out of the way of somebody or something. / (intransitive) To make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service.

(perhaps nonstandard) Alternative form of as yet

(US) A policy of the U.S. military from 1993 to 2011, which barred openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual people from serving in the military, while also barring discrimination against closeted gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.

It is better to act decisively and apologize for it later than to seek approval to act and risk delay, objections, etc.

(simile, humorous) Useless; pointless.

(simile) extremely soft (not rough)

(idiomatic) Even if that is the case; whether that is true or not; nevertheless.