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

back up

bow out

back out

chicken out

leave me alone

withdraw

yield

pull out

draw back

drop out

fall back

fall in

forego

forgo

get out

give

give in

give up

give way

go away

indulge

lapse

part with

pull back

quit

relinquish

renounce

retire

sign away

slacken

succumb

tergiversate

undo

unmake

waive

apostatise

back

🔙

crawfish out

foreswear

go backward

loosen up

resile

backpedal

abandon

abnegate

apostatize

backup

beat it

break

climb down

crawfish

disclaim

dispense with

divest

Translations

lâcher

reculer

retroceder

zurückdrehen