VERB | motion | back out | move out of a space backwards |
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communication | back out, retreat, pull back, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |
Meaning | Move out of a space backwards. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Broader | back | Travel backward |
See also | back | travel backward |
Meaning | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | retreat, pull back, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw | |
Similar to | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
Spanish | recular, retirarse, retirar, suprimir | |
Catalan | recular, retirar-se, retirar, suprimir |
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