Back up
Back up verb - Move backwards from a certain position.
Both terms in one sentence
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Lethal Weapon's Martin Riggs uses a sniper rifle at one point to back up his partner Murtaugh when his family gets kidnapped.
Source: Sniper Rifle -
He is shown coughing it back up once the thug and his partner leave but the character ended up going in a completely different direction.
Source: Comicbook / Madman -
Beak Beak fetches items that are out of Tommynaut's reach by swallowing them and coughing them back up once he is close to his partner.
Source: Video Game / Armikrog
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