Variation around "fade away"

To take a back seat
1. to deliberately become less active, and give up trying to control things

• I'll be happy to take a back seat when Robin takes over.

2. to become less important: take a back seat to

• Other issues must take a back seat to this crisis.- céder le pas
• In my early twenties, politics very much took a back seat to sport and socializing.

To fade away

To disappear slowly

• Her footsteps faded away down the staircase.
• If you don't start eating properly you're going to fade away.

To move/step aside
1. Lit. to move out of someone's way. 

• Would you step aside for my uncle and his walker? 
• We had to step aside for the people in wheelchairs to get by.

2. to leave an official position or job, especially so that someone else can take your place

• The manager announced he is stepping aside.
• Walter stepped aside for a younger person to take over.

To move back

• He moved back to let his partner take over.- se mettre en retrait

To wear away
be eroded

• The face of the statue was wearing away due to acid rain.- s'effacer

To step down
to resign

• The chairman of the committee decided to step down because of ill health.- se retirer, démissionner

To back out

• Sue backed out of helping us paint the house.- renoncer