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
  • After a 3-2 called third strike with two out to Conine in the ninth was overturned on the ABS review, Zeferjahn retired Otto Lopez on a flyout to right.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Bob Green, now retired, was the first detective assigned to Erica’s case.
    — Yana Johnson, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of retired
Verb
  • The airline withdrew an application for a third flyover planned for this coming weekend, the aviation authority said.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The union later withdrew that measure, but only after the council struck a deal to require new hotel projects to go through a more extensive approval process at City Hall.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of withdrew
Verb
  • In the season one finale, Ellen and Brian ran away together after Ellen learned that her brother, Colum (Séamus McLean Ross), had broken his promise and tried to have Brian killed.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect ran away but was taken into custody hours later, Wells said.
    — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ran away
Verb
  • Lake Washington is a 200-foot-deep trough carved by glaciers that retreated 16,000 years ago.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Galliano retreated from public life for two years and was found guilty by a Paris court of public insults based on religion, race and ethnicity.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of retreated
Verb
  • Within minutes, Karolína Muchová and Katie Boulter walked out for their second-round match, even though a bunch of the first-round matches still had to finish.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In April 2022, officials from several countries, including then-Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, walked out of a G20 meeting in Washington as Siluanov gave his remarks by videoconference.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of walked out
Verb
  • Bond yields receded during Thursday's session, with the 10-year Treasury note yields sliding more than 2 basis points and the 30-year Treasury note yield dropping more than 1 basis point.
    — Davis Giangiulio,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • After about an hour trapped on the roof, neighbors helped the family down using metal pipes as a makeshift ladder once the water receded.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of receded
Verb
  • The army has published footage of rescues via helicopter, and of people being pulled out of the hydropower tunnels, completely caked in mud.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Fans also protested against the potential £40m deal to sell homegrown talent Harrison Armstrong to Nottingham Forest, which Everton then pulled out of before the midfielder could travel for a medical.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 3 Sep. 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 7 Sep. 2026.

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