rear back
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To suddenly move your body or head quickly backward, usually because you are surprised or scared.
"She reared back in shock when she opened the box and found it full of spiders."
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he can rear back the punches like that.
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he can rear back the punches like that.
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Saabkyle04 · 28:35
to clear the headrest when folding the rear back rests.
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ETCG1 · 0:50
or whatever i had an alignment done on the van and this is the rear back
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Trevor Noah · 27:37
This is crazy." And then I rear back and I punched him as hard as I could and I