backed (up or away)

verb

past tense of back (up or away)
as in retired

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backed (up or away)
  1. retired
  2. withdrew
  3. ran away
  4. retreated
  5. walked out
  6. receded
  7. pulled out
Verb
  • Henderson had retired from the sheriff’s office about five months before the crash and was working as a special deputy directing traffic near the University of Cincinnati during graduation.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI brought GPT-4o back following the backlash but retired it in February 2026.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of retired
Verb
  • In July, Cooper withdrew her petition to sponsor Jean Louis' visa, according to documents reviewed by Fox29.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • As that enormous dome thinned through the Holocene, its margin withdrew up onto Baffin Island, and what’s left today is the deflated core of something that was once two miles thick.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of withdrew
Verb
  • Baltimore Police The occupants got out of the vehicle and ran away after the crash, police said.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Her mother, Melissa Fuller, grew up in Vineland, New Jersey, and ran away from home at fifteen; she was eventually put in foster care.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of ran away
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  • As the Laurentide retreated across the plateau, tundra plants colonized the newly bare ground.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
  • As the world has become more and more connected, governments have retreated from global problems.
    — David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of retreated
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  • At one point, the board walked out for a brief recess due to security concerns.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass walked out of Palisades Garden Cafe last Thursday morning wearing a Los Angeles Fire Department jacket.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of walked out
Verb
  • Later, when the water receded, Fulcher and McKay pried open the Trotters’ crumpled trailer.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But that narrative around obsolescence has largely receded in the intervening months, as strong earnings expectations and new AI products and partnerships out of the sector revived investor confidence.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of receded
Verb
  • During the inspection, DeWitt pulled out a frame packed with capped honey.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Johnson pushed back, but Inaba pulled out the rulebook and read the definition of a lift.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulled out
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“Backed (up or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backed%20%28up%20or%20away%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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