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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The point guard backed off to the perimeter as Jokic sized up Wembanyama and prepared to improvise.
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2025
After major backlash this week, which coincided with the killing of another insurer’s CEO in New York City, Anthem backed off.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
At Arizona State's Peach Bowl media day on Monday, Leavitt didn't back off from those comments.
—Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
Obama ultimately backed off on his threats to bomb Syria and cut a deal with Russia to destroy the Assad regime's chemical weapons stockpiles.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2025
After major backlash this week, which coincided with the killing of another insurer’s CEO in New York City, Anthem backed off.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
At Arizona State's Peach Bowl media day on Monday, Leavitt didn't back off from those comments.
—Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
Obama ultimately backed off on his threats to bomb Syria and cut a deal with Russia to destroy the Assad regime's chemical weapons stockpiles.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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