- back out
- intransitive verb Date: 1807 to withdraw especially from a commitment or contest
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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back out — index abandon (physically leave), abandon (withdraw), defect, disavow, quit (discontinue), renege, retreat … Law dictionary
back out — {v. phr.} 1. To move backwards out of a place or enclosure. * /Bob slowly backed his car out of the garage./ 2. To withdraw from an activity one has promised to carry out. * /Jim tried to back out of the engagement with Jane, but she insisted… … Dictionary of American idioms
back out — {v. phr.} 1. To move backwards out of a place or enclosure. * /Bob slowly backed his car out of the garage./ 2. To withdraw from an activity one has promised to carry out. * /Jim tried to back out of the engagement with Jane, but she insisted… … Dictionary of American idioms
back out — UK US back out (of sth) Phrasal Verb with back({{}}/bæk/ verb [T] ► to decide not to do something that you had said you would do: »The buyer backed out of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract … Financial and business terms
back out of — phr verb Back out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑room … Collocations dictionary
back out of sth — UK US back out (of sth) Phrasal Verb with back({{}}/bæk/ verb [T] ► to decide not to do something that you had said you would do: »The buyer backed out of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract … Financial and business terms
back out — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, back down, backpedal, backwater, beat a retreat, beg off, boggle, chicken, chicken out, climb down, crawfish out, cry off, deny, depart from, desert under fire, disavow, discard, disclaim, disengage,… … Moby Thesaurus
back out — verb a) To reverse a vehicle from a confined space. He backed out of the garage. b) To withdraw from something one has promised to do. She backed out of organizing the fund raising … Wiktionary
To back out — Back Back, v. i. 1. To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; used of the wind. [1913 Webster] 3. (Sporting) To stand still… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
back out of — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. withdraw, shrink from, escape; see abandon 1 , retreat 1 … English dictionary for students
