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Definition of Move back
1. Verb. Pull back or move away or backward. "The limo pulled away from the curb"
Related verbs: Back Away, Back Out, Crawfish, Crawfish Out, Pull Back, Pull In One's Horns, Retreat, Withdraw
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Fall Back, Retreat, Retrograde, Back Down, Back Off, Back Up
Derivative terms: Pullback, Receding, Withdrawal
Antonyms: Advance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Move Back
Literary usage of Move back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Should these flank movements succeed, Johnston must of necessity vacate his almost
impregnable position, and move back on Atlanta or Rome, or fight us this ..."
2. The Electrical Review (1878)
"... which di brushes or springs forward ; when the key i atcd they move back out
of contact. Mr. Varley proposes to employ his electi multiplier in ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"W. 439 (fireman of construction train or- .51 LKA dered a train to move back
while a switchman was coupling without waiting for a signal from the ..."
4. History of the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers by William Lyman Hyde (1866)
"... of the Brigade— Return to Petersburg Front—Life in the
Trenches—Casualties—Sickness —Explosion of the Mine—move back to the Bermuda
Front—Camp— Movement ..."
5. Folk-dances and singing games: twenty-six folk-dances of Norway, Sweden by Elizabeth Burchenal (1909)
"With Step One, move back to place. (Meas. 9.) Jump. (Meas. 1-9. ... With Step
One, all move back to original positions. (Meas. 4.) Jump. (Meas. 5-8. ..."
6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Should these flank movements succeed, Johnston must of necessity vacate his almost
impregnable position, and move back on Atlanta or Rome, or fight us this ..."
7. The Electrical Review (1878)
"... which di brushes or springs forward ; when the key i atcd they move back out
of contact. Mr. Varley proposes to employ his electi multiplier in ..."
8. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"W. 439 (fireman of construction train or- .51 LKA dered a train to move back
while a switchman was coupling without waiting for a signal from the ..."
9. History of the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers by William Lyman Hyde (1866)
"... of the Brigade— Return to Petersburg Front—Life in the
Trenches—Casualties—Sickness —Explosion of the Mine—move back to the Bermuda
Front—Camp— Movement ..."
10. Folk-dances and singing games: twenty-six folk-dances of Norway, Sweden by Elizabeth Burchenal (1909)
"With Step One, move back to place. (Meas. 9.) Jump. (Meas. 1-9. ... With Step
One, all move back to original positions. (Meas. 4.) Jump. (Meas. 5-8. ..."
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