back out

Meaning

1. (transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
2. (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
3. (transitive) To convince (someone) to withdraw from a challenge.
4. To bet on someone losing.
5. (transitive) To undo (a change).
6. (intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
7. (Multicultural-London-English, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also bare back).

Synonyms

withdraw

back away

pull back

back off

crawfish out

back down

retreat

crawfish

backspace

undo

pull in one’s horns

back

🔙

change one’s mind

cheat

countermand

disannul

disclaim

dispense with

divest

draw back

drop out

duck

🦆

fall back

fall in

flunk

forego

forgo

get out

give

give in

give up

give way

go back on

indulge

lapse

liquidate

liquidation

part with

quit

recant

relinquish

renounce

rescind

retire

retract

reverse

shirk

sign away

succumb

tergiversate

Translations

voltar atrás

retirer

fare marcia indietro

retirar-se

abspringen

kneifen

sich zurückziehen

αποσύρομαι

αποτραβιέμαι

υπαναχωρώ

faire marche arrière

se dégonfler

retirer sa promesse

rétracter

sortir en marche arrière