back (up or away)

verb

Definition of back (up or away)next
as in to run away

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for back (up or away)
  1. run away
  2. withdraw
  3. retire
  4. recede
  5. retreat
  6. walk out
Verb
  • Then, some law enforcement officers and bystanders can be seen running away from the white vehicle.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The West Valley League basketball season begins this week with two games that should tell everyone whether Chatsworth is going to run away with the league title.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of run away
Verb
  • The polling data follows the Biden administration in December withdrawing a proposal to prohibit public school districts from implementing blanket bans on transgender athletes competing based on gender identity.
    Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This decision resulted in approximately 625 million acres of federal waters being withdrawn from energy exploration, which may require an act of Congress to reverse.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of withdraw
Verb
  • That was the first season after Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana retired.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
  • David Letterman, who was passed over for the job in favor of Leno when Johnny Carson retired in 1993, received the honor in 2017.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of retire
Verb
  • There’s a difference between a critic and a fan, but the line between them is receding from view.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Although inflation in Canada has receded to below 2 percent, unemployment remains high, at above 6 percent.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of recede
Verb
  • Hims & Hers Health — Shares of the digital health-care platform retreated 3.2% on the heels of a Citi downgrade to sell from neutral.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The federal police eventually retreated without arresting the impeached president.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of retreat
Verb
  • Welch spent more than 20 minutes inside the restaurant, then walked out, leaving his firearms inside.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • From there, Hyde will walk out of the facility, decompress at home with his family a bit and then transform into game mode.
    Tim Graham, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of walk out
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“Back (up or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20%28up%20or%20away%29. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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