as in to back out
to break a promise or agreement
I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!
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With Alcala back out to begin the third, the Rays took a 4-1 lead on three unearned runs.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 July 2025 -
Which is why Sherry Sweeney turns around and heads right back out, hoping to make more of those reunions happen.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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Beauty is not backing down from its inclusive positioning. E.l.f.—
Emma Sandler,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Twice per day, on the way up and back down, Kosmos 2589 briefly passes near a large number of US government and commercial satellites in more conventional geosynchronous orbits but then quickly departs the vicinity.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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But when the administration later backed off, markets rebounded.—
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CNBC,
9 July 2025
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And instead of trying again, your manager backed off.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Verb
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For many of these patients, their fears recall past traumas: from their home countries, their journeys to the United States, and their settlement.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
1 July 2025
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Leslie recalls a moment when her son’s Spanish teacher was astonished at his fluency.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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