Examples of back off in a Sentence
you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance
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But that’s only when Tom Holland backs off.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Just this week, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean backed off a plan to raise property taxes above 3%.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 June 2026
Later, Russia backed off, citing the need to conduct additional measurements and inspections of areas where leaks were occurring.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
Police repeatedly drove the wild fans off of the buses, but without enough manpower to make arrests, would then back off, retreating to the nearby intersection, each time after which the fans again swarmed the vehicles.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Just this week, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean backed off a plan to raise property taxes above 3%.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 June 2026
Later, Russia backed off, citing the need to conduct additional measurements and inspections of areas where leaks were occurring.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
Police repeatedly drove the wild fans off of the buses, but without enough manpower to make arrests, would then back off, retreating to the nearby intersection, each time after which the fans again swarmed the vehicles.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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