Definitions for back away
back away

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. back awayverb

   To move in a direction opposite where one is facing, keeping some (or most) of your attention on the thing in front being avoided.

How to pronounce back away?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of back away in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of back away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of back away in a Sentence

1. Dante Lauretta:

   After over a decade of planning, the team is overjoyed at the success of today's sampling attempt, even though we have some work ahead of us to determine the outcome of the event -- the successful contact, the TAGSAM gas firing, and back-away from Asteroid Bennu are major accomplishments for the team. I look forward to analyzing the data to determine the mass of sample collected.

2. John Bolton:

   We are going to do everything we can to come to a successful meeting, but we are not going to back away from the objective of that meeting which is complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea.

3. Bruce Barcott:

   The thing that I still come back away with is how close so many people feel to the mountain Mt. Rainier emotionally and psychically, and yet how far away the world is when you're on the mountain.

4. Jeremy Moss:

   Now, we have proof on our side of the aisle that Michigan voters want to back away from these falsehoods and lies.

5. Merry Seabold:

   She just didn’t want to think Paul was trying to do anything to her, so I said, ‘Linda, I love you. You’re my sister. But I’ve got to step away from you. I can’t be so frustrated and not be able to do anything. If you can’t leave this house, I’ve gotta back away from you.’ And I did. And then one day, she was gone.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=back away
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Back_Away