отходи́ть

fairly common #3974C1

verbimperfective perfective is отойти́

1.
to move away, to step aside, to walk away, to leave (a spot)
Не отходи́ далеко́ от до́ма.
Don't go far from the house.
Usually with от + genitive for the thing left behind.
2.
to leave, to depart, to pull out
По́езд отхо́дит в пять часо́в.
The train leaves at five o'clock.
Of trains, ships and buses.
3.
to fall back, to retreat, to withdrawmilitary
Войска́ отходи́ли на восто́к.
The troops were falling back to the east.
4.
to deviate, to diverge, to digress
Ты сли́шком отхо́дишь от те́мы.
You are straying too far from the topic.
With от + genitive: от темы, от правил.
5.
to come to oneself, to come round, to be all right again
Он ме́дленно отходи́л по́сле нарко́за.
He was slowly coming round after the anaesthetic.
Colloquial; of recovering physically or calming down.
6.
(rare) to be dying, to be passing away
Больно́й уже́ отходи́л.
The patient was already passing away.
Euphemistic.

Motion info

отходи́ть is derived from the multidirectional verb of motion ходи́ть with prefix от- (move away from).

Женщина, холившая старую собаку, не отходила от неё ни на шаг.
The woman who doted on the old dog never left its side.
Поезд отходит в девять ноль-ноль
The train departs at nine hundred hours.
Перетапливающий жир на сковороде, он не отходил от плиты.
While melting down the fat in the frying pan, he did not leave the stove.
Поезда отхо́дят с интерва́лом в два часа.
The trains leave at two-hour intervals.
По́езд отхо́дит по расписа́нию?
Will the train leave on time?
Постарайтесь узна́ть, когда по́езд отхо́дит.
Try and find out when the train leaves.
Сле́дующий по́езд до аэропо́рта отхо́дит со второй платфо́рмы.
The next train to the airport departs from platform 2.
Поезд, увозивший солдат на фронт, медленно отходил от станции.
The train carrying the soldiers to the front was slowly pulling away from the station.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	отходи́
вы	отходи́те

Active present	отходя́щий	departing, leaving, outgoing
Active past	отходи́вший	having departed, departing, having moved away
Passive present	-
Passive past	отхо́женный	nursed, well-cared for, tended, brought back to health
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	отходив отходивши	while doing (past)

ходи́тьto go
verbimperfective
входи́тьto enter; to be part of; to penetrate
verbimperfective
отхо́жийlatrine; seasonal (of work)
adjective
уходи́тьto leave; to escape
verbimperfective
выходи́тьto go out; to get off; to be published; to marry; to face; to be used up
verbimperfective