Back up and Retreating

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Back up verb - Move backwards from a certain position.

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Retreating and back up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retreating" instead an adjective "Back up".

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Back up and retreating are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Back up" instead an adjective "Retreating".

Nearby Words: retreat, retreated

When WWE's Kane is on a face run, one thing that smaller (and that'd be most folks) Heels do is to back up, whether retreating from another face or just admiring what they did.

Source: Oh Crap / Pro Wrestling

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