Antonyms for back awayback away

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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

How to use back away in a sentence?

1. Michael Moreau:

   It's hard to put into words how exciting it was to receive confirmation that the spacecraft successfully touched the surface and fired one of the gas bottles, our first indication of whether we were successful in collecting a sample will come on October 21 when we downlink the back-away movie from the spacecraft.

2. Richard Truesdall:

   When the stocks are not exceeding average S&P returns or trading below their IPO price, that causes people to back away from the market, there is enough uncertainty and clouds in the horizon that is causing people to be cautious.

3. Hagan Curd:

   I saw people running and then some others got out (of) their car and began to run as well, then I heard police yelling and telling people there was a shooter at the bank and to back away.

4. Ray Conner:

   To not have that, we’re just tying one hand behind our back, as far as I'm concerned, the competition is not going to back away from that kind of financing.

5. Michael Moreau:

   Our first indication of whether we were successful in collecting a sample will come on October 21 when we downlink the back-away movie from the spacecraft, if TAG made a significant disturbance of the surface, we likely collected a lot of material.

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