Synonyms for back out
back out

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1. back outverb

   move out of a space backwards

   "He backed out of the driveway"

   Synonyms:
   crawfish, pull in one's horns, retreat, back away, withdraw, crawfish out, pull back

2. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

   make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

   "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

   Synonyms:
   recall, retract, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, back away, draw off, remove, seclude, take, retire, draw, take back, pull back, call back, retrograde, crawfish, move back, retreat, sequestrate, recede, bow out, pull away, take out, adjourn, pull in one's horns, unsay, crawfish out, disengage

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1. back out

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] withdraw from a bargain, not keep a promise, not stand to an engagement

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1. back out

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, retreat, resile, recede, retire

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1. Michael Porter:

   It felt good to be back out there, not trying to force anything and mesh with the team. Get my feet back under me and it was good to get a win.

2. Dwyane Wade:

   That's the toughest thing is players, one, you want to be out there competing, and, two, you see you're brothers struggling out there and going through this you want to get out there and, three, you never want anybody to come out there and go right back out. So it's always a tough position to be in.

3. Matthew Smith of Fortify Rights:

   Governments in the region are playing human ping-pong, pushing boats back out to sea while claiming to crackdown on human trafficking, all governments have a responsibility to protect survivors of trafficking and asylum seekers. No government can credibly claim to be combating trafficking while simultaneously creating a ready pool of desperate and insecure people at sea.

4. Karl Setzer:

   There is really just no reason to buy (wheat), you throw in better chances of precipitation for the wheat belt in the United States, and we just see the money come back out again.

5. Ayla Antoniazzi:

   I did allow my 4-year-old to return to preschool, which is in the East Palestine Elementary School. She went back for two days and developed another rash on her hands and started complaining of itching, so I pulled her back out.