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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And when their shots weren’t landing, 7-foot-2 Swedish center Will Berg had been on hand to mop up and kick the ball back out.
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Idaho Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Otherwise, your vacuum may spit dust back out to land on your clean furniture.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
Should a team back out of the series without sufficient cause, that team would pay a $500,000 cancellation fee, according to the game contract.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 19 Nov. 2025
First of all, Sonic being around and the movies doing so well is one thing, but also just the nostalgia of our music [and] our genre — what’s going on with so many of us having celebrated 20 years of really big records and everybody’s back out there on the road.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2025
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Idaho Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Otherwise, your vacuum may spit dust back out to land on your clean furniture.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
Should a team back out of the series without sufficient cause, that team would pay a $500,000 cancellation fee, according to the game contract.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 19 Nov. 2025
First of all, Sonic being around and the movies doing so well is one thing, but also just the nostalgia of our music [and] our genre — what’s going on with so many of us having celebrated 20 years of really big records and everybody’s back out there on the road.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20out. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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