Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wimping out
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After backing out of Monday's Dawson's Creek cast reunion in New York City due to illness, James Van Der Beek still made a surprise appearance at the event in a sweet video message for attendees and his fellow cast members.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025 -
This could either result in investors backing out of purchasing the debt, or demanding higher interest payments to offset the risk.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Yes, the members of season 27’s cast are almost all playing the game poorly, backing off from big moves out of fear or changing their minds at the last moment to vote out their own allies.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
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And yet governments and corporations are now backing off on previous climate goals, and the planet's annual greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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The President, en route back to Washington, had Mitchell and the White House counsel, John Ehrlichman, draft a statement backing down even further.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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What the White House is saying The White House is not backing down from the message that Democrats are to blame.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Wimping out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimping%20out. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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