back off

Verb

Meaning

move backwards from a certain position

remove oneself from an obligation

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

back-off

Synonyms

back down chicken out back up bow out leave retreat yield surrender withdraw retire quit depart recede abandon go back

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Antonyms

approach face advance confront draw near hit me up

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Hypernyms

retreat withdraw retire recede move back pull back

Hyponyms

resile

Examples

The bully had to back down Source: Internet

He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved Source: Internet

After they drift back off, the aging and severe Madame Armfeldt and her solemn granddaughter, Fredrika, enter. Source: Internet

And, if it was not Darlow keeping out Tottenham, it was the frame of the goal as Son's effort came back off a post with the hosts now well on top, while Dier should have done better with a free header soon after. Source: Internet

Birkmyre started to gain the territory and possession advantage and after 10 minutes broke the deadlock with a try but the conversion bounced back off the post. Source: Internet

Could he overtake Swift to be first back off the board? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

back of the net Back of the Wight back of your head back office back on form back on the case