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
My inner spirit jumped back out of me and stood next to the judge at the bench.
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Obviously, his first day back out there on the field in a minute.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Plus, the captain tells Lo that the passenger assigned to cabin 10 backed out days before departure.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
But the ocean spits her back out.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Obviously, his first day back out there on the field in a minute.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Plus, the captain tells Lo that the passenger assigned to cabin 10 backed out days before departure.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
But the ocean spits her back out.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for back out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for back out
Verb
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is not backing down in its fight against National Public Radio.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Examples include huge catching nets, or docking with stray objects to force them back down into Earth's atmosphere.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Benioff clarified his National Guard comments in subsequent days leading up to Dreamforce, without backing off his long-running concerns over public safety.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The latter was looking to win a throw off the former with his clearance, but Aaronson managed to divert it back off the defender for a Leeds ball.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday, there were 652 officers on the force, with nearly 100 cops out on some kind of administrative or medical leave.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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But with that brief wave of hope came new footage on Twitter every night of the NYPD acting like bad cops out of a Harvey Keitel flick: cops harassing peaceful crowds, cops kettling activists, cops literally driving a car into a crowd of protestors.—
Maris Kreizman,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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What To Know Olympia Tools International has recalled approximately 530 Pack-N-Stroll Premium Folding Utility Wagons, said the CSPC.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Hormel Foods recalled over 4 million pounds of frozen chicken due to metal contamination from a conveyor belt.—
Amber Brenza,
Health,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20out. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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