back away

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de reculer face à quelqu'un ou quelque chose, souvent par peur ou pour éviter une situation.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of moving backwards away from someone or something, often due to fear or to avoid a situation.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. formal

   To move backwards away from someone or something, often due to fear or caution.

   reculer

   • He backed away from the growling dog.
   • She backed away slowly when she saw the snake.
   • The crowd backed away from the burning building.

   Synonymesback offdraw backfall backpull backrecoilretreatwithdraw

   Antonymesadvanceapproachforwardprogress

2. Withdraw from a situationinformal

   To avoid or retreat from a commitment, conflict, or dangerous situation.

   se dérober

   • The politician backed away from his earlier statement.
   • She backed away from the argument to keep the peace.
   • They backed away from the deal after discovering the risks.

   Synonymesback offdisengagepull backrecederecoilretreatshrinkwithdraw

   Antonymesadvanceapproachconfrontface

Verbe de baseback