MOVE BACK
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)
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