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back off

to not do something you intended to do. They had been unwise when they backed off from making changes to the law. Another boss might have told the editor to back off and not pursue the story.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of back off (= to move away)

See also: back

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" The wounded Lion rushed away in great fear, and when a Fox who had seen it all happen told him to be of good courage and not to back off at the first attack he replied: "You counsel me in vain; for if he sends so fearful a messenger, how shall I abide the attack of the man himself? Fables by Aesop View in context Now he pushes his hair back off his forehead--It's a man all right. The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context he asked Kritsky, sitting down again at the table, and moving back off half of it the scattered cigarettes, so as to clear a space. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context More results

References in classic literature

" The wounded Lion rushed away in great fear, and when a Fox who had seen it all happen told him to be of good courage and not to back off at the first attack he replied: "You counsel me in vain; for if he sends so fearful a messenger, how shall I abide the attack of the man himself?

Fables by Aesop View in context

Now he pushes his hair back off his forehead--It's a man all right.

The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context

he asked Kritsky, sitting down again at the table, and moving back off half of it the scattered cigarettes, so as to clear a space.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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