as in to withdraw
to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)
backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully
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Recent Examples of back away
When Los Angeles backed away, the Chicago White Sox slid in with a $570,000 offer to bring his right-handed bat into their system.
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Dan Freedman, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
But that’s not a good enough reason to back away from domestic companies, according to Goldman Sachs’ Investment Strategy Group.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
So far, investors have been relieved President Donald Trump has backed away from aggressive, across-the-board tariffs during his first days in office.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The Coyotes asking price included first-round picks in the 2025 and 2026 NHL Draft — prompting Hextall to back away from talks.
—Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
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Dan Freedman, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
But that’s not a good enough reason to back away from domestic companies, according to Goldman Sachs’ Investment Strategy Group.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
So far, investors have been relieved President Donald Trump has backed away from aggressive, across-the-board tariffs during his first days in office.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The Coyotes asking price included first-round picks in the 2025 and 2026 NHL Draft — prompting Hextall to back away from talks.
—Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for back away
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Musk withdrew the suit in June 2024, then revived it in August 2024 under similar complaints.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Budget officials withdrew that OMB memo two days later.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
10 Feb. 2025
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With their press broken, Newcastle had to retreat to their 5-4-1 shape but became fatigued making so many recovery runs.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The initiative follows widespread backlash against major retailers and corporations accused of retreating from DEI commitments after the Trump administration took steps to dismantle federal DEI programs.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Thanks to time zones, Washington and Idaho still spring forward and fall back, but the southern half of Idaho is in the Mountain time zone, while North Idaho is in Pacific time with Washington state.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Feb. 2025
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Instead, a show that wants to purposefully mess around with its own patterns also can’t help but fall back into some unfortunate old grooves.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2025
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How to Watch Ohio State at USC: Date: Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 Time: 9:00 PM EST Channel: FOX Stream: Fubo (Try for free) USC suffered its first conference loss last weekend, falling 76-69 to Iowa in the game where the Hawkeyes retired Caitlin Clark's jersey.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Under this plan the teachers could retire to comfortable retirements in the Carolinas and Florida while the rest of us try to figure out how to pay our BGE bills.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2025
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Adult cougar population estimates hovered just under 2,000 in 2004, slowly climbed to just below 3,000 between 2014 and 2018, and dropped back to around 2,500 recently, according to a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources datasheet.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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Chloe Kim drops back in after break Chloe Kim has taken a full season off from competition after each of her Olympic halfpipe titles in 2018 and 2022, and each time quickly returned to the top of snowboarding.—
Nick Zaccardi,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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