Antonyms for flow back
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : floh-bak |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfloʊˌbæk |
Definition of flow back
- As in recede : verb withdraw; diminish
- As in retrocede : verb recede
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
- The blood seemed to flow back to my heart as I realised what I had done.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- But her eyes did not open, the color did not flow back into her face.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- The sort of thought current you generate will flow back to you.
- Extract from : « The Victorious Attitude » by Orison Swett Marden
- Now that danger was over her boldness began to flow back into her.
- Extract from : « To Him That Hath » by Leroy Scott
- Now if it was a flow, it would have to flow back some way, or else you'd run out, wouldn't you?
- Extract from : « First Man » by Clyde Brown
- To him, as to the source of all evil, flow back all the streams of guilt.
- Extract from : « Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" » by John T. Slattery
- The tingling and burning as the blood began to flow back into her arms were something awful.
- Extract from : « Shadow, the Mysterious Detective » by Police Captain Howard
- Some day you and I—our individual consciousnesses—will flow back to the Whole.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 » by Various
- When he could contain the sea no longer, he had to let it flow back into its former basin, and all the boys were drowned.
- Extract from : « Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know » by Various
- People were beginning to flow back from the watercourse towards the centre of the fair.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
Synonyms for flow back
- abate
- back
- close
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- degenerate
- depart
- deteriorate
- die down
- die off
- die out
- diminish
- drain away
- draw back
- drop
- dwindle
- ease off
- ebb
- fade
- fade away
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- flag
- flow back
- go away
- go back
- go out
- languish
- lessen
- let up
- melt
- moderate
- peter out
- recede
- reduce
- regress
- relent
- retire
- retract
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- shrink
- sink
- slacken
- subside
- taper
- wane
- weaken
- withdraw
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