move back

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English

Verb

move back (third-person singular simple present moves back, present participle moving back, simple past and past participle moved back)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move,‎ back.
    • 2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, 27:27 from the start, in Penn Radio:
      If you are at a zoo, and a monkey climbs up high in the bars and sticks his thing through the bars, you should move away from the monkey cage. Move in an orderly fashion- don't push, don't rush, don't make it like a Who concert in Ohio. Just move back nice and slow and easy, because that monkey may be having some problems, he may have some hostility towards you. So please- this is just a public service announcement, that's what this is. Just to make sure it's very, very clear. And this PSA is brought to you by: Monkey Tuesday!
  2. (transitive, US) To reschedule (something) to a later date or time.
    Synonym: postpone
    Antonyms: move forward, move up
    The report still hasn't been completed, so the meeting will have to be moved back again.