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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Friends and family fully lean into it — sending Holly into the stall when things aren’t looking good, only calling her back out for the action once the team starts turning things around.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Such was not the case in 2021, when UCLA backed out five hours before kickoff against North Carolina State.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
The next day, Schneider sent Bowden Francis back out for inning after inning against the Mariners.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The winning bidder for that project backed out amid conflict of interest allegations.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Such was not the case in 2021, when UCLA backed out five hours before kickoff against North Carolina State.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
The next day, Schneider sent Bowden Francis back out for inning after inning against the Mariners.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The winning bidder for that project backed out amid conflict of interest allegations.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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 20 Oct. 2025.
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