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. Jedd Fisch:

   I love our guys, they could not be more excited about practice on Monday; could not be more excited for the opportunity to get back out there.

2. Austan Goolsbee:

   If you ever watch a NASCAR race, they pull the car in, and five people jump over the wall and they get them back out on the road in 13 seconds, and that's kind of the job of a good policy adviser in the campaign. You're not Dale Jr.. Dale Jr. is Dale Jr.. Your job is to get some tires on there.

3. Golden State coach Steve Kerr:

   I didn't like the way he was moving when he went back out in the third quarter.

4. Bob Barnes:

   I wanted to come back out here and do it again.

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.