back out
verb
backed out; backing out; backs out
: to withdraw especially from a commitment or contest
Examples of back out in a Sentence
she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning
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Italy is underwhelmed at the prospect of being named to the World Cup if Iran backs out.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
The energy put into a quantum system by measurement could be instantly pulled back out by the Hamiltonian and stored in a battery to power other processes, García-Pintos says.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Though initially dismissed and even ridiculed, Mitchell went on to win the 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his idea that a current of protons constantly flows into the cell as the cell vigorously pumps them back out, and that this is the driving force behind key cellular processes.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
The group puts in some light restoration and puts the bikes back out into circulation as quickly as possible.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
The energy put into a quantum system by measurement could be instantly pulled back out by the Hamiltonian and stored in a battery to power other processes, García-Pintos says.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Though initially dismissed and even ridiculed, Mitchell went on to win the 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his idea that a current of protons constantly flows into the cell as the cell vigorously pumps them back out, and that this is the driving force behind key cellular processes.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
The group puts in some light restoration and puts the bikes back out into circulation as quickly as possible.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for back out
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20out. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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