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
Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake have been out and back in and back out again.
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Man, remember when Taylor Swift put her music back out?
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
Mixed Doubles Pools Note: just ahead of the event, Etta Wright backed out with injury.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
But back-to-back 3s by Johnson and Deebo Coleman helped push UCF back out front at 49-46 with 15:49 left.
—Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Man, remember when Taylor Swift put her music back out?
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
Mixed Doubles Pools Note: just ahead of the event, Etta Wright backed out with injury.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
But back-to-back 3s by Johnson and Deebo Coleman helped push UCF back out front at 49-46 with 15:49 left.
—Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for back out
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But, of course, since this Super is not really Superman or Supergirl and can’t really fly, gravity brings the person back down.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Broadway settled back down to some post-Thanksgiving normalcy last week, dropping about 9% to $42,021,721 from the holiday high of the previous week.Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
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And, though houses have gotten much bigger over the long term, home builders have backed off a bit in recent years.Zachary Crockett, thehustle.co, 13 Dec. 2024
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Lewis, the No. 35 overall prospect in the Class of 2025 in the 247Sports Composite, had been committed to USC for more than a year but backed off that pledge on Nov. 17.David Ubben, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
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He was walked by cops out of the 105th Precinct in handcuffs Thursday morning and later arraigned in Queens Criminal Supreme Court on murder charges.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
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Additionally in November, Volkswagen recalled over 114,000 vehicles across the U.S. due to concerns over the risk of an airbag exploding.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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One intelligence officer tasked with authorizing a strike recalled dedicating roughly 20 seconds to personally confirming a target, which could amount to verifying that the individual in question was male.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20out. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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