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back out (of sth)
— Phrasal Verb with back /bæk/ verb [T]Definition
› to decide not to do something that you had said you would do: The buyer backed out of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract.
(Definition of back out (of sth) from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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