BACKED (UP OR AWAY) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

backed (up or away)

verb

past tense of back (up or away)

as in retired

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Henderson had retired from the sheriff’s office about five months before the crash and was working as a special deputy directing traffic near the University of Cincinnati during graduation.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
OpenAI brought GPT-4o back following the backlash but retired it in February 2026.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of retired

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In July, Cooper withdrew her petition to sponsor Jean Louis' visa, according to documents reviewed by Fox29.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
As that enormous dome thinned through the Holocene, its margin withdrew up onto Baffin Island, and what’s left today is the deflated core of something that was once two miles thick.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdrew

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Baltimore Police The occupants got out of the vehicle and ran away after the crash, police said.

— CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Her mother, Melissa Fuller, grew up in Vineland, New Jersey, and ran away from home at fifteen; she was eventually put in foster care.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran away

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Later, when the water receded, Fulcher and McKay pried open the Trotters’ crumpled trailer.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
But that narrative around obsolescence has largely receded in the intervening months, as strong earnings expectations and new AI products and partnerships out of the sector revived investor confidence.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of receded

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Czechia pulled out of the event this month, but its public broadcaster cited budget cuts as the reason.

— Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Chicago police said the victim was in the street, involved in an argument with another person who pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the leg and abdomen.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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