as in to back down
to break a promise or agreement
she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning
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Recent Examples of back out
His hesitation spurred Abby to marry the teens after all — but Shelby backed out.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 May 2025
Ukraine is looking to increasing the number of drones and robots at the front line, keeping their human operators back out of danger.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The only invitee younger than him was Dylan Sampson, a running back out of Tennessee.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Apr. 2025
This was a month for big festivals, with two weekends of Coachella and one of Stagecoach all back to back out in Indio, Calif., and of just-as-big tour kickoffs, with both our Greatest Pop Star of 2024 and our Greatest Pop Star of the entire 21st Century launching their most recent treks.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 1 May 2025
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 May 2025
Ukraine is looking to increasing the number of drones and robots at the front line, keeping their human operators back out of danger.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The only invitee younger than him was Dylan Sampson, a running back out of Tennessee.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Apr. 2025
This was a month for big festivals, with two weekends of Coachella and one of Stagecoach all back to back out in Indio, Calif., and of just-as-big tour kickoffs, with both our Greatest Pop Star of 2024 and our Greatest Pop Star of the entire 21st Century launching their most recent treks.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for back out
Verb
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The salary aprons will bring the top teams back down in a season or so.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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He was sent back down to Triple-A after some early struggles.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
Verb
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That direct encouragement accelerated an equity market rally which began as the president showed further inclination to back off of his most aggressive trade war plans and brandished a new trade deal with the U.K., the first such agreement of his second term.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Trump quickly backed off the reciprocal plan amid a market rout and mounting criticism.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
Verb
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About 20 minutes later, the two cops out in front were joined by a third officer.—
Melody Chiu,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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The judges avoid giving critiques to the girls this week but do talk among one another, which is kind of weird but also means that nobody gets to cop out of Rate-a-Queen and just imitate the judges.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Cain ripped a single into left field, a ball that, as then-general manager Dayton Moore recalled, hugged the line.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Torres recalled how her slain sibling had been dating someone else before taking up with the new boyfriend — with Lisette’s life then falling to pieces over the course of a few spiraling months, according to her sister.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20out. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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