back away
verb
backed away; backing away; backs away
: to move away (as from a stand on an issue or from a commitment)
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Examples of back away in a Sentence
backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully
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Others have backed away from more public displays of involvement.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
However, Gascón could still back away from that plan in the next few hours due to sharp divisions in his office, individuals close to events caution of the fickle prosecutor.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Season 2, which premieres this week after a 19-month hiatus due to last year’s strikes, backs away from this basic foundation, leaving a story that’s just as tonally muddled but even less focused.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Unwilling to pay the price of backing away, the Biden administration wound up committing the United States more deeply to the Middle East, including by proposing a defense treaty with Saudi Arabia and sending aircraft carriers and 6,000 additional U.S. personnel to the region.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
However, Gascón could still back away from that plan in the next few hours due to sharp divisions in his office, individuals close to events caution of the fickle prosecutor.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Season 2, which premieres this week after a 19-month hiatus due to last year’s strikes, backs away from this basic foundation, leaving a story that’s just as tonally muddled but even less focused.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Unwilling to pay the price of backing away, the Biden administration wound up committing the United States more deeply to the Middle East, including by proposing a defense treaty with Saudi Arabia and sending aircraft carriers and 6,000 additional U.S. personnel to the region.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Back away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20away. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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