move back

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move back

verb moves back · moving back · moved back

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, back. They've moved the estimate of its date of origin back a hundred years.
US, transitive To reschedule (something) to a later date or time. The report still hasn't been completed, so the meeting will have to be moved back again.
Similar: postpone · Opposite: move forward, move up

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@misc{move_back_2026,
  title = {move back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/move%20back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}