Back and Retreat

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Back

Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Retreat is a synonym for back in action topic. In some cases you can use "Retreat" instead the word "Back" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like forward, fall back, put in reverse direction.

Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

Retreat

Retreat verb - To move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable).

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Back is a synonym for retreat in forward topic. You can use "Back" instead the word "Retreat" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as fall back, go away.

Nearby Words: retreated, retreating

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full	full back	full retreat
special	special back	special retreat
long	long back	long retreat
front	front back	front retreat
Other adjectives: single, massive, big, bad, quick, last, latter, occasional.

Common collocations

people	back people	retreat people
thanks	back thanks	retreat thanks
system	back system	retreat system
steps	back steps	retreat steps
Other words: war, player, enemy.

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The group can fall back and retreat for one last chance, should the first generator be destroyed.

Source: Video Game / WildStar
Bonus points if their attacks actually do a relatively low amount of damage, yet are still able to eventually take you down anyway solely because you can't fight back or retreat.

Source: Demonic Spiders
You attack with your squadmates, and make the enemy retreat, or take enough casualties and fall back in panic.

Source: Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!

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