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MOVE BACK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does move back mean?

• MOVE BACK (verb)
The verb MOVE BACK has 1 sense:

1. pull back or move away or backward

Familiarity information: MOVE BACK used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MOVE BACK (verb)

Sense 1

move back ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Pull back or move away or backward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retreat; withdraw; retire

Context examples:

The enemy withdrew / The limo pulled away from the curb

Hypernyms (to "move back" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move back"):

fall back; recede; retire (move back and away from)

back down; back off; back up (move backwards from a certain position)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

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