move back

Questions about move back

What does move back mean?

move back means "pull back or move away or backward".

What is another word for move back?

Close synonyms include withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is move back a common word?

move back is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.