back out
verb
backed out; backing out; backs out
: to withdraw especially from a commitment or contest
Examples of back out in a Sentence
she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning
Recent Examples on the Web
Some comments say that this particular Bissell pick works better than other handheld vacuums at sucking up hairs and crumbs and holding onto them instead of spitting them back out.
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2024
Variety reports another bidder backed out of bidding for Queen’s catalog after offers topped $900 million.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
Know your basketball family want nothing but for you to get healed up and back out there!
—Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
Set a deadline for when everyone will book and pay for any of these charges, Matta says, so one person isn’t saddled with the bill for an entire hotel stay when they were supposed to split it with four people who backed out of the trip at the last minute.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 18 June 2024
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2024
Variety reports another bidder backed out of bidding for Queen’s catalog after offers topped $900 million.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
Know your basketball family want nothing but for you to get healed up and back out there!
—Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
Set a deadline for when everyone will book and pay for any of these charges, Matta says, so one person isn’t saddled with the bill for an entire hotel stay when they were supposed to split it with four people who backed out of the trip at the last minute.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 18 June 2024
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20out. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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