backing (up or away)

verb

Definition of backing (up or away)next
present participle of back (up or away)
as in running away

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backing (up or away)
  1. withdrawing
  2. retiring
  3. receding
  4. retreating
Verb
  • The footage captured a figure in a ski mask hiding in the shadows as an unsuspecting woman arrives at the bank and goes about withdrawing money from the ATM.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Banks are already withdrawing from relationships with fintech firms.
    Gene A. Grant II, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of withdrawing
Verb
  • Since retiring, he's launched the All The Smoke podcast.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The winner will replace George McKenna, who is retiring after a long career as an educator and as a school board member since 2014.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of retiring
Verb
  • Streaming exposure was receding, prize money was being cut, and often times divisions were being eliminated.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • As a result, Breed said, crime is receding.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of receding
Verb
  • If using a fountain pen or retreating to a mountain house can make the cognitive load of producing text even somewhat more bearable, writers will consider it.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
  • If Tehran opts not to retaliate, though, Iran will look weak and appear to be retreating from Israel.
    Dan De Luce, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of retreating
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“Backing (up or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backing%20%28up%20or%20away%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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