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backed away

backed away is the simple past and past participle of back away.

Meaning of back away

Verb

back away (third-person singular simple present backs away, present participle backing away, simple past and past participle backed away)

  1. (intransitive) To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.
    • Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To cease supporting something; to pretend one has never supported something.

Questions about backed away

What is backed away the simple past and past participle of?
Backed away is the simple past and past participle of back away.

Words near backed away in the dictionary

  1. backdrops
  2. backdune
  3. backdunes
  4. Backe
  5. backed
  6. backed away
  7. backed blade
  8. backed blades
  9. backed down
  10. backed in
  11. backed into

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