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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
back out
v 1: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the
driveway"
2: 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" [syn: retreat, pull
back, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in
one's horns, withdraw]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
back out
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
2 (lb en intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to
do.
3 (lb en transitive) To dare (someone) to not withdraw from a
challenge.
4 (lb en gambling) To bet on someone losing.
5 (lb en computing transitive) To undo (a change).
6 (lb en computing intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
7 (lb en MLE transitive) To draw from behind the back (+obj en acc
{gloss|as+also+bare+(m+en+back)" rel="nofollow">means=a knife etc.) {gloss|as also bare (m en back).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
back out
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
2 (lb en intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to
do.
3 (lb en transitive) To dare (someone) to not withdraw from a
challenge.
4 (lb en gambling) To bet on someone losing.
5 (lb en computing transitive) To undo (a change).
6 (lb en computing intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
7 (lb en MLE transitive) To draw from behind the back (+obj en acc
{gloss|as+also+bare+(m+en+back)" rel="nofollow">means=a knife etc.) {gloss|as also bare (m en back).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
back out
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
2 (lb en intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to
do.
3 (lb en transitive) To dare (someone) to not withdraw from a
challenge.
4 (lb en gambling) To bet on someone losing.
5 (lb en computing transitive) To undo (a change).
6 (lb en computing intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
7 (lb en MLE transitive) To draw from behind the back (+obj en acc
{gloss|as+also+bare+(m+en+back)" rel="nofollow">means=a knife etc.) {gloss|as also bare (m en back).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
back out
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
2 (lb en intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to
do.
3 (lb en transitive) To dare (someone) to not withdraw from a
challenge.
4 (lb en gambling) To bet on someone losing.
5 (lb en computing transitive) To undo (a change).
6 (lb en computing intransitive) To exit a mode or function.
7 (lb en MLE transitive) To draw from behind the back (+obj en acc
{gloss|as+also+bare+(m+en+back)" rel="nofollow">means=a knife etc.) {gloss|as also bare (m en back).
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
back out
Englanti vb.
1 perääntyä sovitusta, perua osallistumisensa johonkin jo sovittuun
2 peruuttaa ulos jostakin
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
back out /bˈak ˈaʊt/
[id] vycouvat
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
back out /bˈak ˈaʊt/
[id] odstoupit od smlouvy
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
back out /bˈak ˈaʊt/
[id] vykroutit se
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
back out /bˈak ˈaʊt/
aus etw. aussteigen , sich aus/von etw. zurückziehen, sich aus etw. ausklinken, bei etw. einen Rückzieher machen [übtr.]
"back out of a business/deal" - aus einem Geschäft aussteigen
"back out of the nuclear energy program" - aus der Kernenergie aussteigen
Synonyms: bail out, bale out, bail
see: backing out, bailing out, baling out, bailing, backed out, bailed out, baled out, bailed, backs out, bails out, bales out, backed out, bailed out, baled out
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
back out /bˈak ˈaʊt/
βγαίνω με όπισθεν
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
back out /bˈak ˈaʊt/
1. peruuttaa
to reverse a vehicle from a confined space
2. perua
to withdraw from something one has promised to do
From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
back out /bˈak ˈaʊt/
pasitraukti
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "back out":
abandon, abjure, back down, backpedal, backwater, beat a retreat,
beg off, boggle, chicken, chicken out, climb down, crawfish out,
cry off, deny, depart from, desert under fire, disavow, discard,
disclaim, disengage, disown, draw back, draw off, drop out,
eat crow, eat humble pie, evacuate, fall back, falter, forsake,
forswear, funk, funk out, get cold feet, give ground, give place,
go back, go back on, jettison, jilt, leave, leave behind,
leave flat, lose courage, maroon, move back, pull back, pull out,
quit, quit cold, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, resile,
retire, retract, retreat, revoke, run back, say goodbye to,
scuttle, skedaddle, stand back, stand down, swallow, take back,
take leave of, throw over, unsay, vacate, welsh, withdraw
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
退出;倒退出去
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
收回,停止不干
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