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back away

verb as in move away backwards

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At a meeting in June, Dr. Sasse seemed to back away from the plan, saying no changes would be made until further notice and an external analysis had been completed.

Some BaronHR clients backed away as the agency’s troubles became more widely known, but hundreds remained steadfast.

However, he is not backing away from the challenge.

From BBC

In a sign of how salient the issue of abortion has been for voters, Republican White House nominee Donald Trump, a resident of Florida, has tried to back away from his once-hardline stance against abortion.

From BBC

In August, Newsom backed away from an earlier plan he had to lower the infrastructure interest rate after criticism from the big utilities and electrical workers’ union, according to a report by the Sacramento Bee.

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

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