Back up
Back up verb - Move backwards from a certain position.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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They get around it when Geary resigns his admiral's rank and they both disappear for a wedding and honeymoon before the government can promote him back up again.
Source: Literature / The Lost Fleet
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