back away

Example Sentences

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Two balls into Australia's Plan B, one that reduced the series' best bowler in Starc to a battering ram, Brook backed away and almost top-edged a catch to the fielder lurking at third.

From BBC

Tesla has backed away from its initial Optimus timeline of putting a commercial version to work into its own factories by the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal

If lions are spotted, make noise to scare them, hold objects overhead to appear bigger and start backing away from the animal.

From Barron's

Indexes back away slightly from records hit Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he backed away when the regime launched its deadly clampdown, continuing to work at a state TV building where he filmed Ramadan soap operas and a morning talk show.

From The Wall Street Journal