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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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#246take
#1651remove
#3350draw
#5370recall
#8206retreat
#10524withdraw
#11883swallow
#12529retire
#26952adjourn
#38092retract
#38684retrograde
#42146crawfish
#63983recede
#69437disengage
#115009sequester
#310890seclude

How to use back away in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Marcus Hicks:

    I cautioned my force to back away from pushing it too hard is because the resource rich environment that we enjoyed in Iraq and Afghanistan exists virtually nowhere in West Africa.

  3. Chris Christie:

    I know how important a tool the PATRIOT Act is to help to prevent terrorism to intercede before a terrorist act occurs. I'm not someone who's going to back away at all from the Patriot Act.

  4. Mark Elworthy:

    Interest rates globally are moving higher and at some point the RBA may need to back away from their firm commitment on low rates for an extended period, it’s been a little bit of a perfect storm.

  5. 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.


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