Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given phrase:
Back away
(A) Move Away
(B) Move on
(C) Move backwards
(D) Move forwards

Answer 1

Hint:A phrase is any collection of words in everyday speech, often with a special idiomatic significance; it is synonymous with language in this context. A phrase is a category of words in linguistic analysis that acts as a constituent in a sentence's syntax, a single unit within a grammatical hierarchy.

Complete answer:
In English, a sentence is a group (or pairing) of words. A phrase can be short or long, but the subject-verb pairing required to make a clause does not include it.
A phrasal verb in traditional English grammar is the combination of two or three words from various grammatical categories to form a single semantic unit at a lexical or syntactic level: a verb and a particle, such as an adverb or a preposition. Examples include: turning down, running down, and sitting up etc.

'Back away' means going away from something or someone backwards.
Eg- She noticed that he was holding a pistol and backed away.
Moving away stands for moving to another place to live in.
Moving on means leaving the place where you are living and moving elsewhere or beginning a new thing.
Moving forward means progressing.
Thus, the correct answer is option C. The remaining choices are inaccurate.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:Phrases are used to say a sentence in limited words. The use of phrases is considered very important in English grammar. For correct use of phrases, you will have to strengthen your vocabulary and also study the rules related to phrasal verbs.