wimped out

verb

past tense of wimp out
as in backed off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wimped out
  1. backed off
  2. backed out
  3. backed down
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  • The Houthis had backed off any attacks on shipping in the Red Sea since Israel and Hamas came to a ceasefire to end their two-year war last fall.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
  • In a 2025 report issued on Tuesday, the intelligence agency said there were no indications that the party had backed off its problematic views.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of backed off
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  • But Netflix backed out of the bidding in February after Paramount upped its takeout offer for all of WBD in a deal worth $111 billion.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • The Guerreros had gone to the fair’s opening ceremony to hear the President, whose rally-style speech substituted for the slew of musical artists who had backed out after learning of the event’s partisan origins.
    — Andrew Trunsky, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
Definition of backed out
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  • Blanche backed down and said the Justice Department would not implement the fund.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • Three people had apparently been killed, but the men behind the coup had backed down and Gorbachev was being released.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of backed down
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“Wimped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimped%20out. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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