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RECEDE

Definition:

1. [verb] pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
   Synonyms: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back
   
   
2. [verb] move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
   Synonyms: fall back, retire
   
   
3. [verb] retreat
   Synonyms: fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind
   
   
4. [verb] become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
   
   

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Related Words:

• recede, fall back, retire
• back up, back off, back down
• ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
• retrograde, retreat
• ebb

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