phrasal verb " BACK " with example

1) Back away 

               Retreat ; move back
     The child backed away from the angry dog.

2) Back down

              Abandon an opinion or a claim 

  He won't back down unless he is forced to do so.

3) Back on to 

             Overlook from the back

    Their house backs on to Millat park

4) Back out 

             Withdraw ( from a promise)

    He backed out of the agreement, because he knew the others would not abide by it.

5) Back up 

           Give support to

   If i protest against the decision, will you back me up ?

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