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Meanings of slide back in English

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Usage of slide back in English
1
It stuck for a moment, then she heard the bolt slide back.
Darkness
2
She wondered if it would slide back quietly; she rather doubted it.
The Lamp of Fate
3
But for every step forward, there is a slide back into mockery.
BBC
4
The triple-bolts had rusted somewhat and took real shoving to slide back.
A Place so Foreign
5
He had to slide back and once more hung by his hands.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; Or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
6
You can't slide back to your past behavior, that would be self-defeating.
An ordinary decent criminal
7
Some Western politicians have recently warned that Afghanistan could slide back into anarchy.
Reuters
8
Perhaps he should let her slide back into truncated words and false expressions.
Poison or Protect
9
He knew it should slide back; but it refused to slide.
Blazed Trail Stories, and Stories of the Wild Life
10
The number peaked in the high 800s and began to slide back down.
The Forever War
11
I shimmy up several inches but slide back down a foot.
Climbing Magazine
12
That meant he wouldn't slide back down, when she let go.
The clouds beneath the sun
13
I took out the mag and jacked the slide back about ten times.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
14
I heard the bolt slide back, and pushed the door open.
River girl
15
Unable to get out or even slide back behind the wheel.
Chump change: a novel
16
He turned and he saw a curtain slide back into place.
Servant of a dark god
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common