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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After two shots, the bear reportedly rose and began running away.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of run away

Verb

Some job seekers are pushing back against AI interviews in hiring — refusing them, withdrawing as candidates, or even blacklisting employers from future consideration.

— Sarah Jackson Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
One candidate for the job, Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg, publicly withdrew from consideration last week.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdraw

Verb

Dillard taught for more than 20 years at Wesleyan University before retiring in 2002.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
But Oprah Winfrey just shopped among others, recalls Eddie’s grandson, Mitchell, who worked at the store for 30 years and is now retired in Wellington.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of retire

Verb

Meanwhile, the narrator neither recedes nor reveals any substantial personal information.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of recede

Verb

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

Verb

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

Definition of walk out

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