Read full poem →Bear began to back away, and as he did so, Coyote
followed him. Finally he began to push him with his
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To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.
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Poetry examples for “back away”
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Read full poem →Some to go further north to Hudson's Bay,
Some that have come too far north back away,
Really a very few to build and stay.