Back up
Back up verb - Move backwards from a certain position.
Withdraw and back up are semantically related. in move backward topic. In some cases you can use "Withdraw" instead a verb "Back up".
Both terms in one sentence
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They unilaterally invade the Gorn, insisting that the Gorn have been infiltrated by shapeshifters (unlike with the Cardassians, the Gorn actually have been), and then when the Federation doesn't believe them, instead of trying to back up their claims they withdraw from the Khitomer Accords.
Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online
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Withdraw and Back up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_up/withdraw
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Withdraw or Back up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_up/withdraw.
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