HyperDic: back_away

English > 1 sense of the expression back away:
VERBcommunicationback away, retreat, pull back, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
English > back away: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsretreat, pull back, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
Similar towithdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backpull back or move away or backward
Spanishrecular, retirarse, retirar, suprimir
Catalanrecular, retirar-se, retirar, suprimir

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