as in to back down
to break a promise or agreement
she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning
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Recent Examples of back out
Months later, energy giant Kinder Morgan Inc. backed out of a $3.3 billion natural gas pipeline proposed through Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Zoom out: Morrell proposed the travel moratorium last month after the mayor and her administration backed out of a $20 million funding deal with the Orleans Parish School Board.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
Kentucky caught a break when a ball that deflected into the backcourt was flung forward through a sea of Tigers arms to Kentucky’s Andrew Carr, who tapped it back out to Otega Oweh for a wide-open 3-pointer.
—Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2025
Extend arms and legs back out to the starting position.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Zoom out: Morrell proposed the travel moratorium last month after the mayor and her administration backed out of a $20 million funding deal with the Orleans Parish School Board.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
Kentucky caught a break when a ball that deflected into the backcourt was flung forward through a sea of Tigers arms to Kentucky’s Andrew Carr, who tapped it back out to Otega Oweh for a wide-open 3-pointer.
—Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2025
Extend arms and legs back out to the starting position.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for back out
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After that, though, Houston went on an 10-0 run to cut it back down to six with just under five minutes to go, as Duke went on a seven-plus-minute stretch of not hitting a shot.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump showed no signs of backing down on his plans to impose tariffs that are more severe than expected.—
Josh Fellman,
Quartz,
4 Apr. 2025
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Another source said Sörensen backed off the officials once it was explained Bedard had been holding Nemec’s stick.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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On March 11, Trump threatened a 50% tariff on Canada’s aluminum and steel but backed off the same day after Ontario agreed to suspend its 25% surcharge on electricity exports to Michigan, Minnesota and New York.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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About 20 minutes later, the two cops out in front were joined by a third officer.—
Melody Chiu,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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The judges avoid giving critiques to the girls this week but do talk among one another, which is kind of weird but also means that nobody gets to cop out of Rate-a-Queen and just imitate the judges.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
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Andor star Diego Luna recently recalled that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) director Gareth Edwards originally pitched him on the film by comparing his vision to Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001), which starred a young Luna.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Others recalled being teased and taunted for not fitting the stereotype of what an audience for a band like Metallica is expected to look like.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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