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back away

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[back away] {v.}

To act to avoid or lessen one's involvement in something; draw or turn back; retreat. * The townspeople backed away from the building plan when they found out how much it would cost.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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