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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(かれ)は大統領の(しょく)から強制的に退(しりぞく)くべきか。

Ought he to be forced out of the presidency?

おじは去年教職を退(しりぞく)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.