Related Words for back off

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back down
//
Phrase, Verb
back up
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Phrase, Verb
bow out
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Phrase, Verb
chicken out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pull out
//
Phrase, Verb
back away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get away
/xx
Phrase, Verb
stand back
//
Phrase, Verb
walk back
//
Phrase, Verb
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
back out
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Phrase, Verb
recede
x/
Verb
step aside
/x/
Phrase, Verb
set back
//
Phrase, Verb
pull away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
draw back
//
Phrase, Verb
turn back
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Phrase, Verb
retire
x/
Verb
shrink
/
Verb
retract
x/
Verb
turn away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
reverse
x/
Noun
strike back
//
Phrase, Verb
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
abstract
x/
Name
withdraw
x/
Verb
distance
/x
Noun
leave alone
/x/
Phrase, Verb
repel
x/
Verb
fall out
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
draw away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
revoke
x/
Verb
withhold
x/
Verb
beat back
//
Phrase, Verb
crawfish
/x
Noun
keep out of
///
Phrase, Verb
stand down
//
Phrase, Verb
draw off
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Phrase, Verb
turn off
//
Phrase, Verb
keep off
//
Phrase, Verb
slow down
/x
Phrase, Verb
steer clear
//
Phrase, Verb
push off
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Phrase, Verb
hold back
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Phrase, Verb
throw back
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Phrase, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
fall back
//
Phrase, Verb
relegate
/xx
Verb
ward off
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Phrase, Verb
shy away from
/x//
Phrase, Verb
break away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
retard
x/
Verb
repulse
x/
Noun
get out of
///
Phrase, Verb
shut down
//
Phrase, Verb
away
x/
Adverb
head off
//
Phrase, Verb
carry away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
bounce off
//
Phrase, Verb
come off
//
Phrase, Verb
slip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pop off
//
Phrase, Verb
back
/
Adverb
absent
/x
Adjective
pull off
//
Phrase, Verb
get out
//
Phrase, Verb
butt out
//
Phrase, Verb
move out
//
Phrase, Verb
averse
x/
Adjective
ease up
//
Phrase, Verb
decline
x/
Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
start
/
Noun
leave off
//
Phrase, Verb
run off
//
Phrase, Verb
fall back upon
//x/
Phrase, Verb
quiet down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bug off
//
Phrase, Verb
lay back
//
Phrase, Verb
lay off
//
Phrase, Verb
revolt
x/
Noun
lie back
//
Phrase, Verb
keep out
//
Phrase, Verb
fall away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
make oneself scarce
/x//
Phrase, Verb
recoil
x/
Noun
walk
/
Noun
turn round
//
Phrase, Verb
trail behind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
spread out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
putt
/
Noun
make off
//
Phrase, Verb
cool down
/x
Phrase, Verb
haul off
//
Phrase, Verb
come to a stop
//x/
Phrase, Verb
call off
//
Phrase, Verb
stand aside
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
bite back
//
Phrase, Verb
stop
/
Noun
fight back
//
Phrase, Verb
get around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall off
//
Phrase, Verb
abort
x/
Noun
block off
//
Phrase, Verb
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
taper off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get lost
//
Phrase, Verb
ride off
//
Phrase, Verb
scare off
//
Phrase, Verb
retreat
x/
Noun
tail off
//
Phrase, Verb
bug out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
evacuate
x/xx
Verb
void
/
Noun
let up
//
Phrase, Verb
exit
/x
Noun
avert
x/
Verb
fall down
//
Phrase, Verb
abhor
x/
Verb
take away
/xx
Phrase, Verb, Noun
balk
/
Noun
step out
//
Phrase, Verb
walk out
//
Phrase, Verb
rear
/
Noun
cover
/x
Noun
close down
/x
Phrase, Verb
run away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ease off
//
Phrase, Verb
make off with
///
Phrase, Verb
relax
x/
Verb
abducted
x/x
Adjective
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
ache
/
Noun, Verb
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
afresh
x/
Adverb
aft
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun, Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
against
x/
Adverb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
along
x/
Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
an
/
Noun
anew
x/
Adverb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
arrears
x/
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
askew
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
backbone
/x
Noun
backcountry
//x
Noun
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
backend
x/
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backseat
x/
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
backtrack
/x
Verb, Noun
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
backyard
/x
Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
barn
/
Noun, Verb
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
belly
/x
Noun, Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bentley
/x
Name
beside
x/
Adverb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boost
/
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakout
/x
Noun, Adjective
bricked
/
Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bumpy
/x
Adjective
busiest
/xx
Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chest
/
Noun, Verb
chine
/
Noun, Verb
clock
/
Noun, Verb
cluttered
/x
Adjective
coast
/
Noun, Verb
coccyx
/x
Noun
colder
/x
Adjective, Noun
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
conversely
/xx
Adverb
conversion
x/x
Noun
cooler
/x
Noun
copies
/x
Noun
coward
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
dampened
/x
Verb, Adjective
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deduction
x/x
Noun
defend
x/
Verb
defuse
x/
Verb
dent
/
Noun, Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
deselect
xx/
Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disengagement
xx/x
Noun
door
/
Noun, Verb
dorsal
/x
Adjective, Noun
dorsum
/x
Noun
dos
/
Noun, Verb
dossier
x/
Noun
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
driest
/x
Adjective, Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
elevated
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
elsewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
excluding
x/x
Verb
expense
x/
Noun, Verb
exterior
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
extinguished
x/x
Adjective
face
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
feedback
/x
Noun, Verb
fender
/x
Noun, Verb
fermentation
xx/x
Noun
file
/
Noun, Verb
find
/
Verb, Noun
fixed
/
Adjective
flashback
/x
Noun, Verb
flatbed
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
floating
/x
Adjective, Noun
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
for
/
Noun
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
fro
/
Adverb, Noun
from
/
Noun
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fullback
/x
Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
furnish
/x
Verb, Noun
gage
/
Noun, Verb
gale
/
Noun, Verb