Back
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Thorn, a Dracolich, has bone wings with a membrane of black smoke that burst out from his back and retract back to under the skin when not in use.
Source: Good Wings, Evil Wings -
Spikes have a strange tendency to repeatedly retract into the ground and then come back out again, forming a sort of Temporary Platform.
Source: Spikes of Doom -
While every WarioWare game has a microgame that involves picking a nose, in the first game, one microgame has you helping a young woman retract snot back into her nose by spinning the control pad.
Source: Nose Nuggets
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Retract and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/retract
Back & Retract. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/retract>.
Retract or Back. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/retract.
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