back out

[back out] {v. phr.}

1. To move backwards out of a place or enclosure.

* /Bob slowly backed his car out of the garage./

2. To withdraw from an activity one has promised to carry out.

* /Jim tried to back out of the engagement with Jane, but she insisted that they get married./

Compare: BEG OFF, GO BACK ON.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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