back off

Meaning

  1. (literally) To move backwards away from something.
  2. (idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.
  3. (idiomatic) To lower the setting of.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, off.

Synonyms

back down
back away

retreat from

retreat
B2
back up
bow out
back out
chicken out
leave me alone
withdraw
C1
yield
C1
pull out
draw back
drop out
fall back
fall in
forego
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forgo
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get out
give
A1
give in
give up
give way
go away
indulge
C2
lapse
C2
part with
pull back
quit
A2
relinquish
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renounce
C2
retire
C1

sign away

slacken
succumb
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tergiversate
undo
C1
unmake
waive
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apostatise
back
A1
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crawfish out

foreswear

go backward

loosen up
resile
backpedal
abandon
B2
abnegate
apostatize
Translations

reculer
lâcher

se dégonfler

retrocedere

back-off

retirar-se

voltar atrás

retroceder
zurückdrehen

geri çekme

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