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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Mixed Doubles Pools Note: just ahead of the event, Etta Wright backed out with injury.
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
But back-to-back 3s by Johnson and Deebo Coleman helped push UCF back out front at 49-46 with 15:49 left.
—Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
On the first play after the two-minute warning in the first half, Harbaugh sent his offense back out to the field for a fourth-and-1 pinned back at their own 16-yard line.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
Bogdan saw the bear inch forward, then back out of the house and run.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
But back-to-back 3s by Johnson and Deebo Coleman helped push UCF back out front at 49-46 with 15:49 left.
—Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
On the first play after the two-minute warning in the first half, Harbaugh sent his offense back out to the field for a fourth-and-1 pinned back at their own 16-yard line.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
Bogdan saw the bear inch forward, then back out of the house and run.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20out. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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