backed (up or away)

verb

past tense of back (up or away)
as in retired

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backed (up or away)
  1. retired
  2. withdrew
  3. ran away
  4. retreated
  5. walked out
  6. receded
  7. pulled out
Verb
  • Social Security benefits — paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired — are typically scheduled to go out on Wednesdays.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Carpino retired in April, without ever explaining what was not right in the organization or, based on the standings, repairing it.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of retired
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  • The appearance came several months after Roy withdrew from the Berlin Film Festival over its refusal to comment on Gaza.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • That overperformance by the Democratic candidate held true in every state polled other than Maine, where the poll was conducted before Graham Platner withdrew from the race following a rape accusation.
    — Caroline Soler, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of withdrew
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  • The man ran away from agents and was hit by a truck, Florida Highway Patrol Master Sergeant Dylan Bryan told the Miami Herald.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • The teen ran away, toward the nearby bus, and bullets followed him.
    — Julia Coin Updated July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
Definition of ran away
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  • In the pandemic years, demographic experts say, under-35 adults retreated to parental homes to ride out quarantines and escape big-city crowds.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Disposable income has since retreated to the normal upward trendline, but no matter.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of retreated
Verb
  • He was given an undisclosed amount of cash, walked out of the bank and was last seen on Franklin Street.
    — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • The night didn’t start for five hours, but a dozen guys with violent calves walked out of the club.
    — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
Definition of walked out
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  • The epidemic eventually receded, but not because anyone had mastered Ebola.
    — Ivan Buendia Gayton, STAT, 7 July 2026
  • Almost 100 years later, Stanley Hurst and others surveyed the damage after the Mississippi receded.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of receded
Verb
  • And although some of the signs are there — prices are rising by the double digits and some insurers have pulled out of the ACA — the good news is there hasn’t been a total rush for the exits.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • Both men then pulled out guns and shot each other, police said.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of pulled out
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“Backed (up or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backed%20%28up%20or%20away%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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