Back up and Nigh

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Back up verb - Move backwards from a certain position.

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Nigh is an antonym for back up.

Nigh verb - To come near or nearer.

Usage example: as the hour of his death was nighing

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Back up is an antonym for nigh.

Being Nigh Invulnerable, he not only survives, he finds the bright side — while he was running back up, Spidey "ran out of material."

Source: You Fight Like a Cow
Nigh-Invulnerability: All of the PC Agents, but Diamond takes the cake: To clarify, Agent Diamond has the Made of Diamond (as her name indicates), the Made of Air (she can collapse herself into a puddle of blood and build herself back up), and has Phoenix's 'divine' protection.

Source: Fan Fic / Akatsuki Kitten: Phoenix Corporation Overhaul

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