Russian-English translations for отступа́ть

• back off
  I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path.
  You need to back off, or the situation could turn ugly.
  I was going to sue, until my legal advisors told me to back off.
• backtrack
  I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.
  If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.
  Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.
• digress
• pull out
  I need to pull the splinter out of my hand.
  The troops pulled out of the conflict.
  The mayor pulled out of the race for Senate after numerous opinion polls had him polling at less than 10 percent.
• retreat
  a retreating forehead
• stand back
  You had better stand back and let me operate the chainsaw.
  While others debated the proposals, he stood back.
• wave the white flag
• withdraw
  to withdraw false charges