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  • 51back — 1 adverb 1 RETURN in or into the place or position where someone or something was before: Freddie was supposed to be back at the hotel by six. | Put that book back where you found it! | We d better go back, she said regretfully. 2 AS BEFORE in or …

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  • 52back — 1. noun 1) she s broken her back Syn: spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column 2) the back of the house Syn: rear, rear side, other side; Nautical stern Ant: front …

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  • 53back — 1. noun 1) Syn: spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column 2) the back of the house Syn: rear; Nautical stern 3) the back of the queue Syn: end …

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  • 54back away — there s no need to back away he s a very gentle dog Syn: draw back, step back, move away, withdraw, retreat, pull back, give ground; shrink back, cower, quail, quake …

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  • 55back out — withdraw, pull back …

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  • 56back pedal — v. pedal backwards; change one s opinion; (Boxing) pull back by quickly moving backward from opponent …

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  • 57back pedaled — v. pedal backwards; change one s opinion; (Boxing) pull back by quickly moving backward from opponent …

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  • 58back pedaling — v. pedal backwards; change one s opinion; (Boxing) pull back by quickly moving backward from opponent …

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  • 59back pedals — v. pedal backwards; change one s opinion; (Boxing) pull back by quickly moving backward from opponent …

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  • 60pull — [pool] vt. [ME pullen < OE pullian, to pluck, snatch with the fingers: ? akin to MLowG pull, a husk, shell] 1. to exert force or influence on so as to cause to move toward or after the source of the force; drag, tug, draw, attract, etc. 2. a)… …

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