back away
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back away
verb backs away · backing away · backed away
- To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided. Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking a
- To cease supporting something; to pretend one has never supported something.
Similar: retreat
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verb to retreat, keeping the attention in front
| Français | reculer, faire marche arrière |
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