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The phrase "he started back" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone physically retreating or moving away from something, often in response to surprise or fear.
Example: "When he saw the snake slithering towards him, he started back in shock."
Alternatives: "he recoiled" or "he stepped back."
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He started back.
Predictably, more songs came, even more upbeat than he'd anticipated, he told me as he started back to the hotel.
They stopped when he could see the graves and began again when he started back.
He started back eating, gained it all back, put on even more, and that's when he died.
He started back at once along the lane to the main gate, and called for the fire brigade to be sent.
As he started back downhill to the papayas, he lost control of the wheelbarrow and had to refill it from the rough ground.
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Then, as he slowly took in the whole scene (votive candles, a stack of white linen napkins, fresh tulips), he started backing away.
Yet Mr Uribe did not leave office willingly—his bid for a third term was found unconstitutional and he started backing Mr Santos only after his preferred candidate lost in a primary.
But as his campaign for governor ramped up, he started back-pedaling and flip-flopping.
Anything is possible, but we have an army on Facebook who will do whatever it takes to make Conan #1 when he starts back up in September.
His FISA policy doesn't become a flip-flop until he starts backing telecom immunity, right?
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