Definitions for back away
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Princeton's WordNet
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw(verb)
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"
Wiktionary
back away(Verb)
To move in a direction opposite where one is facing, keeping some (or most) of your attention on the thing in front being avoided.
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