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  1. back awayverb

    Synonyms:
    retreat

  2. back awayverb

    To move in a direction opposite where one is facing, keeping some (or most) of your attention on the thing in front being avoided.

    Synonyms:
    retreat

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  1. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

    make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

    Synonyms:
    recall, retract, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, back out, draw off, remove, seclude, take, retire, draw, take back, pull back, call back, retrograde, crawfish, move back, retreat, sequestrate, recede, bow out, pull away, take out, adjourn, pull in one's horns, unsay, crawfish out, disengage

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#1651remove
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#5370recall
#8206retreat
#10524withdraw
#11883swallow
#12529retire
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#38684retrograde
#42146crawfish
#63983recede
#69437disengage
#115009sequester
#310890seclude

How to use back away in a sentence?

  1. Jeremy Moss:

    Now, we have proof on our side of the aisle that Michigan voters want to back away from these falsehoods and lies.

  2. Jeff Tjornehoj:

    Not only did investors back away from domestic issues, but emerging-markets investors also read the tea leaves on higher interest rates, and they pulled money out.

  3. Nathan Bell:

    I think it was more the price Star wanted to back away from, it may still be a bidder yet, as I’m sure the regulators would prefer a local operator to own our casino licenses.

  4. Vicki Cowart:

    We share the concerns of many Americans that extremists are creating a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism in this country. We will never back away from providing care in a safe, supportive environment that millions of people rely on and trust.

  5. Merry Seabold:

    She just didn’t want to think Paul was trying to do anything to her, so I said, ‘Linda, I love you. You’re my sister. But I’ve got to step away from you. I can’t be so frustrated and not be able to do anything. If you can’t leave this house, I’ve gotta back away from you.’ And I did. And then one day, she was gone.


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