as in to back out
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Verb
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Walsh responded by making a trade with the Rams for elusive running back Wendell Tayler and drafting Roger Craig, a multipurpose back out of Nebraska.—
Mark Purdy,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025 -
The Cubs would also hope to tease a little more velocity back out of Pressly, who has historically had strong ground-ball numbers, which would play well on a team with multiple Gold Glove defenders.—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Brown raised his hand, and then quickly brought it back down.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Lisa proceeded to shout, but Bronwyn was not backing down.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
23 Jan. 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
Verb
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In an interview with Fox News, the president again seemed to back off his earlier warnings that huge tariffs against China were coming.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The defender, who joined for £40m from Wolverhampton Wanderers, backed off Mateta before the opener.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Chicken (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicken%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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