back away

— Phrasal Verb with back

/bæk/ verb

Definition

› to show that you do not support a plan or idea any more and do not want to be involved with it: The government has backed away from plans to increase taxes.

(Definition of back away from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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