What does back out mean?

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back out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. back outverb

    move out of a space backwards

    "He backed out of the driveway"

  2. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

    make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

Wiktionary

  1. back outverb

    To reverse a vehicle from a confined space.

  2. back outverb

    To withdraw from something one has promised to do.

  3. back outverb

    To undo a change.

ChatGPT

  1. back out

    To back out generally means to withdraw from a promise, agreement, or commitment, often due to the discovery of problems or difficulties. It can also refer to the act of reversing or moving backwards out of a situation, location or direction.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of back out in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of back out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of back out in a Sentence

  1. Ray Hunt:

    These are cases in which activist judges did everything they could to find a way to dismiss that person who probably has a lengthy criminal record or multiple felony bonds to put them back out on the streets.

  2. West Virginia:

    I was thinking about, instead of shooting a layup, just turn around, throw it back out and let a guy shoot a 3, at the end of the day, that probably would be more fruitful for us than having guys continue to miss layups.

  3. Bethany Moultry:

    In just one day, we had 85 packages on our doorstep, i would say 95 % of that stuff is already back out with the people that need it. That is how quickly we were able to turn it around.

  4. The Post:

    These officers did something that was extraordinarily brave.They did it as part of their commitment. These officers had just come off their shift and upon hearing this call went back out in search of these criminals. The work they do is so profoundly important in this instance where they went above and beyond the call to protect their fellow New Yorkers.

  5. Lance Strubing:

    We tried to get him out for about 10 minutes or so, i tried putting the thing on its side, trying to get him to shift his legs and whatnot, but we just couldn't get him back out.


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