Examples of back off in a Sentence
you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance
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So the hunter backed off, hoping the buck would survive until the following season.
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Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2024
For now, Trump isn't backing off his tariff threats.
—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
By then end of October the district had backed off that plan and targeted only four schools.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Though Apple has backed off its theatrical ambitions after a spate of flops, others have gone in the opposite direction.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2024
For now, Trump isn't backing off his tariff threats.
—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
By then end of October the district had backed off that plan and targeted only four schools.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Though Apple has backed off its theatrical ambitions after a spate of flops, others have gone in the opposite direction.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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