Avoid
Move back
Move back verb - Pull back or move away or backward.
Both terms in one sentence
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Understandable, as Motoko initially introduces Keitaro as her fiance in an attempt to avoid having to move back home.
Source: Manga / Love Hina -
Joey gets round it with a system of ropes and pulleys to move back and forth, and sets up in the top half, insisting that Parker crouch down to avoid invading Joey's space.
Source: This Is My Side - A primitive Game & Watch-style clamshell portable, Western Bar, required the player to move back and forth to avoid getting hit by thrown ashtrays and plates while shooting plates and bottles being barslid by the 'tender.
Source: Bar Slide
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