back out
Meaning
- (transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
- (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
- (transitive) To convince (someone) to withdraw from a challenge.
- To bet on someone losing.
- (transitive) To undo (a change).
- (intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
- (Multicultural-London-English, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also bare back).
Synonyms
crawfish out
pull in one’s horns
change one’s mind
sign away
make excuses
backing-out
Translations
retirer
kneifen
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