the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat > out of the way > to escape or evade something (2)
intransitive. To start or go aside (so as to avoid some person or thing); to shy; to shrink or steal away; to hang back. Obsolete.
To shrink back physically; to move or go aside (so as to escape or evade some person or thing); to fly (from an enemy, etc.); also with aside, away…