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    MOVE BACK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pull back or move away or backwardplay

    Example:

    The limo pulled away from the curb

    Synonyms:

    draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "move back" is one way to...):

    go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

    Verb group:

    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)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move back"):

    fall back (move back and away from)

    retreat; retrograde (move back)

    back down; back off; back up (move backwards from a certain position)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP

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