Usually means: Withdraw or retreat from something.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. back away: Merriam-Webster
  2. back away: Vocabulary.com
  3. back away: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. back away: Wiktionary
  5. back away: Dictionary.com
  6. back away: Rhymezone
  7. back away: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. back away: FreeDictionary.org
  9. back away: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. back away: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. back away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  12. back away: Merriam-Webster

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Back Away: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. back away: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. back away: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (back away)

verb:  (intransitive) To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.
verb:  (intransitive) To cease supporting something; to pretend one has never supported something.

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