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back away

verb as in move away backwards

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They warned crowds the man "had a bomb on him" and urged them to back away.

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YouTube TV backed away from its earlier demand to fold programming created for Peacock, NBCUniversal’s fledging streaming service, onto the YouTube platform as part of its customer packages at no extra cost.

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But it is possible that they could be miscalculating, and they end up the ones who back away from the void.

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McIlroy, who was forced to back away from shots, described the whole experience as a "really challenging day".

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A xenomorph inches close enough for the crab to raise its claws in defense before backing away from its tiny earthly cousin.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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