as in to back down
to break a promise or agreement
she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning
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Recent Examples of back out
Head back out to the island, have more coconut?
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
So Penfield reached back out to Wright to build a second home.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
In addition to ending several college deals and its on-field NFL pact, Under Armour backed out of an agreement to outfit MLB and paid a penalty.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Payton and Brady, once Plan A for the Dolphins, backed out of coming and hiring Mike McDaniel became Plan B.
The NFL investigated Flores’ allegation that Ross offered money to lose games.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
So Penfield reached back out to Wright to build a second home.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
In addition to ending several college deals and its on-field NFL pact, Under Armour backed out of an agreement to outfit MLB and paid a penalty.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Payton and Brady, once Plan A for the Dolphins, backed out of coming and hiring Mike McDaniel became Plan B.
The NFL investigated Flores’ allegation that Ross offered money to lose games.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for back out
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Inflation could rise starting in a few months and then move back down toward our target possibly as early as by the end of this year.—
Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
14 Apr. 2025
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As the fungus takes hold, the ant begins to convulse, shaking it from its canopy nest back down to the ground.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Apr. 2025
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Another source said Sörensen backed off the officials once it was explained Bedard had been holding Nemec’s stick.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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On March 11, Trump threatened a 50% tariff on Canada’s aluminum and steel but backed off the same day after Ontario agreed to suspend its 25% surcharge on electricity exports to Michigan, Minnesota and New York.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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About 20 minutes later, the two cops out in front were joined by a third officer.—
Melody Chiu,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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The judges avoid giving critiques to the girls this week but do talk among one another, which is kind of weird but also means that nobody gets to cop out of Rate-a-Queen and just imitate the judges.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
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Andor star Diego Luna recently recalled that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) director Gareth Edwards originally pitched him on the film by comparing his vision to Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001), which starred a young Luna.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Others recalled being teased and taunted for not fitting the stereotype of what an audience for a band like Metallica is expected to look like.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20out. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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