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Synonyms for back away
back away
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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
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#246 | take | |
#1651 | remove | |
#3350 | draw | |
#5370 | recall | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#11883 | swallow | |
#12529 | retire | |
#26952 | adjourn | |
#38092 | retract | |
#38684 | retrograde | |
#42146 | crawfish | |
#63983 | recede | |
#69437 | disengage | |
#115009 | sequester | |
#310890 | seclude |
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- recularCatalan, Valencian
- ΣτριβεGreek
- peruuttaa, perääntyäFinnish
- mundurIndonesian
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