backwater[noun]Synonyms: frontier, backcountry, backland, backwash, backwoods, boondocks, bush, hinterland, sticks, up-country
[verb]Synonyms: back down, back off, back out, backpedal, crawfish (out), cry off, declare off, renege, resile, welsh
Related Words: dodge,
duck,
elude,
evade,
get around,
shirk,
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back‧wa‧ter /ˈbækwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/
noun [countable]1. a very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas – used to show disapproval:
a rural backwater2. a part of a river away from the main part, where the water does not move
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