Compare: 退く vs 退く
退くどく
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
退くしりぞく
to step back; to move back; to retreat
どく退く
N5CommonGodan verb (ku ending)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
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ちょっとどいて。
Step aside.
のいて・・・奴らは逃げちゃうよ。
Get out the way ... they'll escape!
しりぞく退く
N5CommonGodan verb (ku ending)
to step back; to move back; to retreat
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彼は大統領の職から強制的に退くべきか。
Ought he to be forced out of the presidency?
おじは去年教職を退いたが、それでも何とか大学での地位にしがみつこうとした。
My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.