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draw back(verb, phrasal verb, go, remove)
8
kick back(verb, phrasal verb, overcome, return)
8
spring back(verb, phrasal verb, overcome, return)
7
pull back(verb, phrasal verb, go, remove)
7
shy away(verb, phrasal verb, move, change)
6
fall back(verb, phrasal verb, go, remove)
6
take a hop(verb, idiom)
5
shrink from(escape, dodge, hesitate, evade)
4
back away(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
4
back down(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
4
back off(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
4
bounce back(verb, act, turn, return)
4
fly back(bump, jump, bound, spring)
4
hang back(verb, phrasal verb, avoidance, cringe)
4
shrink back(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, return)
3
hold off(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
3
step aside(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
3
turn aside(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
3
ward off(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
back out(verb, go, remove, withdraw)
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