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3
pull back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw)
2
back away(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, return)
2
hem and haw(idiom, pause, hesitate, falter)
2
ward off(spiraled, spiralled, incurvated)
1
back down(retreat, recoil, recede, shrink)
1
back off(verb, phrasal verb, return, retreat)
1
back out(retreat, recoil, recede, shrink)
1
back up(retreat, recoil, recede)
1
beg the question
1
blow hot and cold(idiom, pause, hesitate, falter)
1
call off(verb, phrasal verb, move, change)
1
change position(verb, move, change, push)
1
double back(verb, phrasal verb, move, change)
1
draw back(verb, phrasal verb, start, withdraw)
1
face about(verb, phrasal verb, move, change)
1
fall back(verb, return, follow, stick)
1
go back(verb, phrasal verb, move, change)
1
hang back(verb, phrasal verb, stop, pause)
1
hold back(stick, pause, trail, falter)
1
hold off(pause, hesitate, linger, falter)
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