Synonyms of back out

back out

verb

as in to back down

to break a promise or agreement

she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• back down
• back off
• cop out
• recall
• fink out
• withdraw
• go back on
• chicken (out)
• renege
• take back
• retract
• wimp out
• beg off
• cry off
• backtrack
• recant
• backpedal
• unsay
• forswear
• disavow
• abjure
• abnegate
• repudiate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adhere (to)
• comply (with)
• follow through (with)
• keep
• satisfy
• honor
• fulfill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of back out

The department store had promised to place a new store there until economic difficulties following COVID-19 prompted Nordstrom’s, in 2022, to back out. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

The championship caps a year that began with London’s High Court ordering Palou to pay McLaren Racing more than $12 million in a breach of contract suit the team filed when the Spaniard backed out of two different deals with the racing team. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

The drive was set up by an interception by Teeg Slone, a redshirt junior defensive back out of Rocklin High School in Placer County with a stop at Sacramento’s American River College. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Sandy Creek comes right back out from the lightning delay and asserts dominance. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026