back away
To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention…To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.
» Tom said he'd be back right away.
Tom hat gesagt, daß er gleich wieder da sei.
Том сказав, що дуже скоро повернеться.
Том сказав, що зараз повернеться.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.
(intransitive)To cease supporting something; to pretend one has never supported something.
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Examples
95 sentencesTom said he'd be back right away.
Том сказав, що дуже скоро повернеться.
deTom hat gesagt, daß er gleich wieder da sei.
Tom said that he'd be back right away.
Том сказав, що дуже скоро повернеться.
deTom hat gesagt, daß er gleich wieder da sei.
Back away from Tom.
Відійдіть від Тома.
ruОтойдите от Тома.
I'll be back right away.
Зараз повернуся.
ruЯ сейчас вернусь.
deIch werde bald zurück sein.
We backed away from each other.
Translations
1 languagesForms
backs away, backing away, backed away, backed away| Base form | back away · to back away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | backs away |
| Present participle | backing away |
| Past simple | backed away |
| Past participle | backed away |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- back upпідтримати, підтримуватиTo move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- back offвідмовити, відкинутиTo move backwards away from something.
- back outвідступити, відступатиTo reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
- back downзлякатисяTo take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
- back awayвідступити, відступатиTo move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.
- back inTo reverse a vehicle into a space.
- back intoTo advance to the post-season as a result of another team's loss, especially where one's own team has also lost.
Synonyms
7 synonyms- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity:retreatpull backback outcrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb