How to Use back off in a Sentence

back off

verb

• So far, the rest of the NBA appears to have backed off.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
• Both Epps and the man said Epps had told him to back off.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• After a shaky start to the year, that was enough to send stocks back off to the races.
  — Heard Editors, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
• The two moved the pontoon boat over about three steps to the right and tied it back off.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2023
• Now, a judge will decide next whether to tell the state to back off or not.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022
• The path of least resistance is to back off rather than to reach out.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
• Toro’s blast hit the top of the fence before rebounding off a wall and back off the field.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
• Coates said crews have backed off and are building a fire break at the top of the ridge line northwest of the fire line.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• Jaden Ivey, the No. 5 pick overall last year, missed 9 of 12 shots as the Nets backed off him and welcomed the guard to shoot.
  — CBS News, 26 Dec. 2023
• But, over the next two years, a coalition of power players urged the FDA to back off.
  — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2022
• After their son shoved the boy’s arm away, the Mahnkes said, the boy backed off, warned his peers against telling anyone about the gun and left.
  — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• When a guard threatened to shoot, the group backed off and Ms. Stafford felt her resolve deflate.
  — Lynsey Chutel Gulshan Khan, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• Milley even flew to Israel to have a meeting with him, at his home in Jerusalem, to urge him to back off.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 June 2023
• Her home in Bypro was demolished when the rushing water ripped the back off.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2022
• Stanley and Provost Teresa Woodruff also sent letters telling the board to back off.
  — Mark Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. 2022
• Moonkin Druid build in mixed company and should, perhaps, back off.
  — WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022
• For Nyong’o, growing as an actress this past decade has meant learning how and when to push herself and when to back off.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2022
• Seager, in his fourth game back off of the injured list, hit his third home run since returning.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2023
• But on Wednesday night, in a sudden change, Trump backed off the message he's spent nearly a year touting on the stump.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
• Oftentimes coaching is knowing when to push and when to back off.
  — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• The proposal will expire at the end of the year unless a council member brings it back off the table.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2023
• The heat dome is expected to weaken and shift west this weekend allowing for the heat to back off.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
• Engage your abs, lifting your shoulders and upper back off the ground.
  — Jennifer Cohen, Health, 18 June 2023
• After Verdugo worked a one-out walk, Turner fouled a first-pitch fastball back off the throat guard of home plate ump Chad Fairchild.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• Next, tuck the tailbone and lift it back off the floor one vertebra at a time until the torso forms a straight line from shoulders to knees.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 29 Jan. 2024
• So that gave Rafael leverage to push back off of, and when he’s lifted up in the air, the special effects team built a little riser.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
• At the very least though, Feliciano seemed to realize his mistake and backed off.
  — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• Others flirt with the idea of grass before quickly deciding to back off.
  — Maressa Brown, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
• After the Wildcats looked the part in Week 1, there’s no reason to back off of that just because Florida won a coin-flip game against a good team.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
• Instead of backing off, Grimes answered every charge in detail, but there was more to it.
  — K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 20 May 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024