Summary

to back away {verb}
reculer

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Synonyms

back away: retreat · pull back · back out

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English-French translation for "to back away"

 

"to back away" French translation

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to back away {verb}

to back away {v.i.} (also: to back off, to back up)

reculer [reculant|reculé] {v.i.}

to back away from

reculer devant

Mr. Manley made it clear that Canada has regained its international standing and that we should not fall back away and lose that position.

M. Manley a fait savoir très clairement que le Canada avait repris sa place dans le monde et que nous ne devrions pas reculer et risquer de

He backs away from me with a frightened look on his face.

Il recule, l'air effrayé.
 

Synonyms

Synonyms (English) for "back away":

© Princeton Universityretreat · pull back · back out · crawfish · crawfish out · pull in one's horns · withdraw

 

Usage examples

Usage examples for "to back away" in French

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Back away!

En arrière!

We do not see Milosevic backing away.

Milosevic ne semble pas vouloir retraiter.

The minister is not backing away from those-

Le ministre ne supprime pas ces...

We must not back away from a job half done.

Nous ne devons pas abandonner un travail à moitié accompli.

The opposition must back away from these ridiculous allegations.

L'opposition doit retirer ces allégations ridicules.

It would back even further away from helping with social housing.

Elle contribuerait encore moins à l'établissement de logements sociaux.

Place that rifle on the deck at your feet...... and step back away from it.

Tu vas me reposer cette arme au pied... et faire un pas de côté.

It has really backed away because of the military action of NATO.

Elle a changé de position en raison de l'intervention militaire de l'OTAN.

Honourable senators, Senator Kirby has never backed away from forging new ground.

Honorables sénateurs, le sénateur Kirby n'a jamais refusé d'innover.

He was a real campaigner and a politician who never backed away from a challenge.

Ce militant, cet homme politique n'a jamais eu peur de relever un défi.

I do not believe that this is an issue of backing away from the Americans.

À mon avis, la question n'est pas ici de savoir si l'on cède devant les Américains.

Why has the minister backed away from the ban on water exports that she promised?

Pourquoi la ministre est-elle revenue sur sa promesse d'interdire les exportations d'eau?

The United States was not backing away from its unique responsibility to the United Nations.

Les États-Unis n'éludent pas leur responsabilité spéciale envers l'Organisation.

We should in any event get away from back-room decisions taken in the middle of the night.

Quoi qu’ il en soit, nous devons éviter des décisions prises dans les coulisses en milieu de nuit.

We have seen people backing away from some of the decisions taken by the 2000 NPT Review Conference.

Certains sont revenus sur les décisions prises lors de la Conférence d'examen du TNP de 2000.

Will the Minister of Health undertake to give back the money taken away from the provinces for health?

Le ministre de la Santé s'engage-t-il, lui, à remettre aux provinces l'argent qu'il leur a coupé dans la santé?

However, some difficulties are experienced in few cases to return back home, children taken away from their country.

Cependant, renvoyer les enfants dans leur pays d'origine pose, parfois, certaines difficultés.

It was primarily for this reason that Information Commissioner Reid backed away from his 2003 merger proposal.

C’est principalement pour cette raison que le commissaire à l’information Reid a renoncé à son projet de fusion en 2003.

There is no good reason to back away from or to alter that framework, nor does the United Kingdom have any wish to do so.

Il n'y a aucune raison de se soustraire à ce cadre ni de le modifier, et le Royaume-Uni n'a aucunement l'intention de le faire.

He therefore urged the international community to step up its assistance and not to back away from supporting the people of Myanmar.

Il prie donc instamment la communauté internationale d'intensifier son assistance et de ne pas laisser tomber le peuple du Myanmar.

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