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Words related to back away

Related / Similar Words: retreat, pull back, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

Definition:

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We''ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns";

Grouped Verbs: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

Derivational Morphology: withdrawer, withdrawal

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