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Verb: back away  bak u'wey
  1. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
    - retreat, pull back, back out, crawfish [N. Amer, informal], crawfish out [N. Amer, informal], pull in one's horns [informal], withdraw

Derived forms: backs away, backed away, backing away

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back
back alley
back and forth
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back bacon
back boiler
back brace
back breaker
back burner
back channel
back circle
back country
back door
back down