Synonyms for back away
back 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

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1. Unknown:

   Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

2. Bruce Barcott:

   The thing that I still come back away with is how close so many people feel to the mountain Mt. Rainier emotionally and psychically, and yet how far away the world is when you're on the mountain.

3. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu:

   If visa liberalization does not follow, we will be forced to back away from the deal on taking back (refugees) and the agreement of March 18.

4. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu:

   But all that is dependent on the cancellation of the visa requirement for our citizens, which is also an item in the agreement of March 18, if visa liberalization does not follow, we will be forced to back away from the deal on taking back (refugees) and the agreement of March 18.

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.