as in to back down
to break a promise or agreement
she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning
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Those were the rules that his and Biden’s campaign agreed with ABC News on before Biden backed out of the race.
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Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
Zeigler made his way back out of the airlock and began stripping off his bunny suit.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
And yet the promise of one more long and enchanting night always draws her back out.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
The next day, the buyer, who had tentatively agreed to a purchase price, backed out of the deal.
—Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
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Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
Zeigler made his way back out of the airlock and began stripping off his bunny suit.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
And yet the promise of one more long and enchanting night always draws her back out.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
The next day, the buyer, who had tentatively agreed to a purchase price, backed out of the deal.
—Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Back out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20out. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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