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back out
(encz) | back out,odstoupit od smlouvy [id.] Jaroslav Šedivý |
back out
(encz) | back out,vycouvat [id.] of something - z něčeho Jaroslav Šedivý; Pino |
back out
(encz) | back out,vykroutit se [id.] Jaroslav Šedivý |
back out
(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
out}, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, {pull in one's
horns}, withdraw] |
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back out of
(encz) | back out of,vykroutit se z čeho [id.] Jaroslav Šedivý |
so small you had to back out to change your mind
(encz) | so small you had to back out to change your mind, |
To back out
(gcide) | Back \Back\, v. i.
1. To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
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2. (Naut.) To change from one quarter to another by a course
opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
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3. (Sporting) To stand still behind another dog which has
pointed; -- said of a dog. [Eng.]
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To back and fill, to manage the sails of a ship so that the
wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in
order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel
while the current or tide carries the vessel against the
wind. Hence: (Fig.) To take opposite positions
alternately; to assert and deny. [Colloq.]
To back out, To back down, to retreat or withdraw from a
promise, engagement, or contest; to recede. [Colloq.]
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Cleon at first . . . was willing to go; but, finding
that he [Nicias] was in earnest, he tried to back
out. --Jowett
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