back out
— phrasal verb with back /bæk/ verbDefinition
B2 to decide not to do something that you had said you would do: You agreed to come. You can't back out now! They backed out of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract.Changing your mind
(Definition of back out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- 180 noun
- about-turn noun
- back away phrasal verb
- cave in phrasal verb (AGREE)
- change of heart idiom
- chop and change idiom
- climb down phrasal verb
- come round phrasal verb (CHANGE YOUR MIND)
- go back on sth phrasal verb
- move verb (CHANGE OPINION)
- oscillate verb
- pendulum noun
- pull (sb/sth) out phrasal verb (ACTIVITY)
- reassess verb
- rethink verb
- shift (your) ground idiom
- think again idiom
- think better of sth idiom
- time-server noun
- volte-face noun
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