BACK (UP OR AWAY) Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

back (up or away)

verb

Definition of back (up or away)

as in to run away

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Vance did not run away from the issues during his keynote address at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday, but chose instead to recognize it.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026
Human remains found nearly a half-century ago in North Carolina were identified as those of a 15-year-old Maryland girl who had run away from home months earlier, state law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of run away

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Shortly afterwards, Tyler and one of his co-counsels, Shy Jackson, filed motions to withdraw from the case — an act that was widely viewed as a quiet form of protest.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
Cookies should not be set before consent, should appear the moment consent is granted, should persist across the session and should disappear when a visitor withdraws it.

— Lesa Seibert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdraw

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In 2024, not long after Federer retired, the ATP saw its first top 10 composed entirely of two-handers.

— Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Gaining enough prestige and respect in the industry himself to become the president of the elite organization Stunts Unlimited, Scott retired at 30 in order to direct.

— William Earl, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of retire

Verb

Yet the likelihood of that eventuality coming to pass has receded substantially now the England international has signed a new five-year contract.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
As the event and its participants recede into the past, appeals to memory are often more abstract.

— Jennifer Talarico, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of recede

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Officials say people who encounter a wolf should not run, but rather make noises, maintain eye contact and retreat slowly.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
There was television, which, starting in the nineteen-fifties, kept kids indoors; also, houses got a lot bigger, and families smaller, so that most kids suddenly had the option of retreating to their own bedrooms.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of retreat

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Erin drapes her white puffy coat over her shoulders, collects the lawyer for Deux Moi who just happens to be her husband, and walks out onto the wet asphalt of Chinatown.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
United fans may well feel transported back to their more recent Europa League endeavours when Michael Carrick’s side walk out the Old Trafford tunnel on Thursday.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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