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. 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.

2. Max Fried:

   Any time that you go out there and you don’t perform the way that you want, you don’t win, you want to go back out there and redeem yourself, it’s probably going to be my last outing of the year, so there’s nothing to hold back.

3. Blake Adams:

   Very, very blessed to be back out here, it's been a long road to get back. You never know what you're going to get when you have total hip replacement.

4. Jeffrey Coots:

   The reality is that some people are going to come back out( of prison) and continue engaging in criminal behavior.

5. Trystan Andrew Terrell:

   I am so sorry to everyone, if I could go back in time to that classroom, I would back out of it. I made a mistake.