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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Our interstellar visitor has officially passed its closest approach to Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system — and eventually beyond.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Shares fell on the news, though the company’s development partner, Related Digital, said Blue Owl was outbid on the project and didn’t back out of it.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
But with Stallone not confirmed, the director, Ric Roman Waugh, ultimately backed out.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Concerns over the cloud company’s debt prompted Blue Owl to back out from funding a $10 billion data center Oracle is building for OpenAI, reported the Financial Times.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Shares fell on the news, though the company’s development partner, Related Digital, said Blue Owl was outbid on the project and didn’t back out of it.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
But with Stallone not confirmed, the director, Ric Roman Waugh, ultimately backed out.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Concerns over the cloud company’s debt prompted Blue Owl to back out from funding a $10 billion data center Oracle is building for OpenAI, reported the Financial Times.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20out. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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