| 单词 | back away from something |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) He's backing away from the policies and styles of his predecessor. Synonyms retreat They were forced to retreat. withdraw Troops withdrew from the country last March. shrink depart In the morning Mr McDonald departed for Sydney. pull back They were asked to pull back from their positions around the city. back off They backed off in horror. draw back I drew back with a horrified scream. Additional synonymsin the sense of back off Definition to retreat They backed off in horror. Synonyms recoil, go back, retire, withdraw, shrink back, move back, recede, pull back, back away, draw back, turn tail in the sense of depart Definition to leave In the morning Mr McDonald departed for Sydney. Synonyms leave, go, withdraw, retire, disappear, quit, retreat, exit, go away, vanish, absent (yourself), start out, migrate, set forth, take (your) leave, decamp, hook it (slang), slope off, pack your bags (informal), make tracks, bog off (British, slang), rack off (Australian, New Zealand, slang) in the sense of draw back Definition to move backwards I drew back with a horrified scream. Synonyms recoil, withdraw, retreat, shrink, falter, back off, shy away, flinch, retract, quail, start back Nearby words of |
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