Verb

• S: (v) back up, back off, back down (move backwards from a certain position) "The bully had to back down"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back (pull back or move away or backward) "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
• S: (v) fall back (move back and away from) "The enemy fell back"
• S: (v) retrograde, retreat (move back) "The glacier retrogrades"
• S: (v) back up, back off, back down (move backwards from a certain position) "The bully had to back down"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Something ----s
• Somebody ----s
• S: (v) chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out (remove oneself from an obligation) "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• verb group
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame