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Verb: back away  bak u'wey
  1. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
    - retreat, pull back, back out, crawfish [N. Amer], crawfish out [N. Amer], pull in one's horns, withdraw, crayfish [US]

Derived forms: backing away, backed away, backs away

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