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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The other benefit of Amad playing at right wing-back is his understanding of when to jump up the pitch and when to back off.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The corporate elite are playing nice, hoping that doing so will buy them time before President Donald Trump backs off on his profit-eroding, stock-depressing tariffs.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
All that had to be done was to get Ukraine to back off its unrealistic demands for a return of all its territory, at which point Putin would seize the chance to buy time to repair his economy and replenish his troops and materiel.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump has backed off from his threats against Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The corporate elite are playing nice, hoping that doing so will buy them time before President Donald Trump backs off on his profit-eroding, stock-depressing tariffs.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
All that had to be done was to get Ukraine to back off its unrealistic demands for a return of all its territory, at which point Putin would seize the chance to buy time to repair his economy and replenish his troops and materiel.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump has backed off from his threats against Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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