Exact Match:
- backtrack
- retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- back out,
- backtrack,
- backwater,
- bring back,
- crumble,
- extradite,
- fail,
- fall back,
- falter,
- place in,
- put back,
- reactivate,
- recommit,
- reconstitute,
- reconvert,
- recruit,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- refill,
- reform,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstall,
- reinstate,
- reinstitute,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- remand,
- remit,
- repatriate,
- replace,
- replenish,
- restore,
- retire,
- return,
- revest,
- send back,
- take back,
- weaken,
- withdraw
- backpedal
collapse - modify one's opinion, make it less strong
- step backwards, in boxing
- pedal backwards on a bicycle related words >
- arrest,
- back,
- back away,
- back off,
- back out,
- back up,
- backtrack,
- backtrail,
- backwater,
- brake,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- countermarch,
- crawfish out,
- cry off,
- curb,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- detain,
- dodge,
- draw rein,
- duck,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- elude,
- evade,
- get around,
- go into reverse,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- impede,
- keep back,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make sternway,
- moderate,
- obstruct,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- renege,
- resile,
- retard,
- reverse,
- set back,
- shirk,
- sidestep,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- stay,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- welsh
- abjure,
- back off,
- back out,
- backpedal,
- backtrack,
- backwater,
- balance,
- balk,
- beat a retreat,
- beg off,
- break off combat,
- cave in,
- cease resistance,
- climb down,
- crawfish out,
- cry off,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- deny,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- disengage,
- disown,
- draw back,
- draw off,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- fall back,
- falter,
- fear,
- forswear,
- give ground,
- give in,
- give place,
- give up,
- give way,
- go back,
- go back on,
- hang back,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hold back,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- jib,
- move back,
- pause,
- ponder,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- quit the field,
- recall,
- recant,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- resile,
- retire,
- retract,
- retreat,
- revoke,
- run back,
- scruple,
- shilly-shally,
- shy,
- stand back,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain at,
- swallow,
- take back,
- think twice about,
- unsay,
- weasel out,
- welsh,
- withdraw,
- yield
- backwater
collapse
- any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
- a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos" related words >
- Charybdis,
- Maelstrom,
- abjure,
- arrest,
- back,
- back away,
- back down,
- back off,
- back out,
- back stream,
- back up,
- backcountry,
- backflow,
- backpedal,
- backtrack,
- backtrail,
- backwash,
- backwoods,
- boondocks,
- brake,
- bush,
- check,
- climb down,
- clip the wings,
- countercurrent,
- counterflow,
- counterflux,
- countermarch,
- crawfish out,
- cry off,
- curb,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- deny,
- detain,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- disown,
- dodge,
- draw rein,
- duck,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- eddy,
- elude,
- evade,
- forswear,
- get around,
- go astern,
- go into reverse,
- gulf,
- gurge,
- hinterland,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- impede,
- keep back,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- maelstrom,
- make sternway,
- moderate,
- obstruct,
- recant,
- reef,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regurgitation,
- rein in,
- relax,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- resile,
- retard,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- set back,
- shirk,
- sidestep,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- stay,
- sticks,
- swallow,
- swirl,
- take back,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- twirl,
- unsay,
- up-country,
- vortex,
- welsh,
- whirl,
- whirlpool,
- withdraw
- back up
collapse
- make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"
- move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down" related words >
- act for,
- advance,
- affirm,
- afford support,
- answer for,
- appear for,
- ascend,
- attest,
- authenticate,
- back,
- back away,
- back off,
- backpedal,
- backtrack,
- backtrail,
- backwater,
- bear,
- bear out,
- bear up,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- brace,
- budge,
- buoy up,
- buttress,
- carry,
- certify,
- champion,
- change,
- change place,
- circle,
- circumstantiate,
- climb,
- come after,
- come last,
- commission,
- confirm,
- corroborate,
- countermarch,
- cradle,
- crutch,
- cushion,
- deputize,
- descend,
- document,
- ebb,
- elect,
- endorse,
- fall astern,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- flow,
- follow,
- fortify,
- front for,
- get behind,
- get in behind,
- get over,
- give support,
- go,
- go around,
- go back,
- go backwards,
- go into reverse,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- gyrate,
- hold,
- hold up,
- keep afloat,
- keep up,
- lag behind,
- lend support,
- mainstay,
- maintain,
- make sternway,
- mount,
- move,
- move over,
- nominate,
- pillow,
- pinch-hit for,
- plunge,
- probate,
- progress,
- prop,
- prove,
- ratify,
- regress,
- reinforce,
- represent,
- retrogress,
- reverse,
- revert,
- rise,
- rotate,
- run,
- run interference for,
- second,
- shift,
- shore,
- shore up,
- shoulder,
- side with,
- sink,
- soar,
- speak for,
- spin,
- stand back of,
- stand behind,
- stand by,
- stand in for,
- stay,
- stick by,
- stick up for,
- stir,
- stream,
- strengthen,
- subside,
- subsidize,
- substantiate,
- substitute for,
- subvention,
- support,
- sustain,
- take sides with,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- travel,
- underbrace,
- undergird,
- underlie,
- underpin,
- underset,
- understudy,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upkeep,
- validate,
- verify,
- vote,
- wane,
- warrant,
- whirl
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