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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Labor unions, other interests and influential politicians began backing off their endorsements.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Fierce bipartisan opposition prompted the administration to back off the plans.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
For example, there’s quite a bit of autopsy footage in Faces of Death — lots of literal getting under the skin, and also, in one of the movie’s more stomach-turning moments, having skin peeled back off a skull.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Meadows tried slowing up and backing off at the last second.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Fierce bipartisan opposition prompted the administration to back off the plans.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
For example, there’s quite a bit of autopsy footage in Faces of Death — lots of literal getting under the skin, and also, in one of the movie’s more stomach-turning moments, having skin peeled back off a skull.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Meadows tried slowing up and backing off at the last second.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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