back away
— phrasal verb with back uk/bæk/us/bæk/verb
to move backwards away from something or someone, usually because you are frightened:
She saw that he had a gun and backed away.
to show that you do not support a plan or idea any longer and do not want to be involved with it:
The government has backed away from plans to increase taxes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- beat a retreat idiom
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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