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单词 backs away
释义

back away

verb

backed away; backing away; backs away

intransitive verb

: to move away (as from a stand on an issue or from a commitment)

Synonyms

  • drop back
  • fall back
  • pull out
  • recede
  • retire
  • retreat
  • withdraw
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Example Sentences

backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

backs away

verb

present tense third-person singular of back away
as in retreats
to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable) backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • retreats
  • withdraws
  • drops back
  • falls back
  • retires
  • gives way
  • loses ground
  • gives ground
  • pulls out
  • recedes
  • flees
  • backs down
  • evacuates
  • flies
  • bows out
  • climbs down
  • leaves
  • pulls away
  • recoils
  • shrinks
  • departs
  • flinches
  • detaches
  • chickens (out)
  • goes
  • backtracks
  • abandons
  • disentangles
  • backpedals
  • disengages
  • vacates
  • quits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • advances
  • faces
  • breasts
  • confronts
  • brazens
  • dares
  • outbraves
  • defies
  • braves
  • beards
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