reculer
Meanings
Verb
1. to move back, to put back (transitive)
2. to go backwards (intransitive)
3. to back down, to concede (intransitive)
4. to back off, to draw back, to retreat (intransitive)
5. to recede, to gradually disappear (intransitive)
6. to drop, to fall, to decline (intransitive)
7. to go astern (nautical, intransitive)
Examples50
Je ne reculerai pas.
I won't back down.
Elle recula au dernier moment.
She backed out at the last moment.
Tu ferais mieux de reculer.
You'd better back off.
Vous feriez mieux de reculer.
You'd better stand back.
Gunter a commencé à reculer.
Gunter started to back away.
Je ne peux pas reculer maintenant.
I can't back down now.