how to pronounce отступить

/ɐt͡sstʊˈpʲitʲ/

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отступить is pronounced in three syllables

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t͡s

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pʲ

tʲ

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An example use of отступить in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… нужно немножко отступить назад …”

meanings of отступить

verb:

To digress, to back off.
To retreat, to fall back.

отступить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word отступить occurs in russian on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.