move back

Synonyms:

draw back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw

back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Antonyms:

advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

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fall back

move back and away from

retreat, retrograde

move back

back down, back off, back up

move backwards from a certain position

ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out

flow back or recede

Type of:

go, locomote, move, travel

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically