back out
verb
backed out; backing out; backs out
: to withdraw especially from a commitment or contest
Examples of back out in a Sentence
she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning
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Don't think this is the time to leave your plants back out on the porch.
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Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Hoffman’s cruiser struck the driver side door of the Mercedes before Bell tried backing out.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2025
The Knicks extended their lead back out to nine with 3:45 in the second quarter, but the Nuggets roared back in the second half, taking an eight-point lead of their own with 7:11 left in the third quarter.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Then spring would come, melting the ice, followed by a brief but intense summer when oceans might even begin to evaporate, only to precipitate back out as rain in autumn and snow in winter.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Hoffman’s cruiser struck the driver side door of the Mercedes before Bell tried backing out.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2025
The Knicks extended their lead back out to nine with 3:45 in the second quarter, but the Nuggets roared back in the second half, taking an eight-point lead of their own with 7:11 left in the third quarter.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Then spring would come, melting the ice, followed by a brief but intense summer when oceans might even begin to evaporate, only to precipitate back out as rain in autumn and snow in winter.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20out. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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