Back out (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Example:

The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns

Synonyms:

back away; back out; crawfish; crawfish out; pull back; pull in one's horns; retreat; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Verb group:

draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw (pull back or move away or backward)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move out of a space backwards

Example:

He backed out of the driveway

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "back out" is one way to...):

back (travel backward)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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