Definitions for back off
back off

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. back up, back off, back downverb

   move backwards from a certain position

   "The bully had to back down"

2. chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow outverb

   remove oneself from an obligation

   "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. back offverb

   To move backwards away from something.

2. back offverb

   To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.

3. back offverb

   To lower the setting of.

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1. back off

   To back off generally means to stop bothering, threatening, or interfering with someone or something. It can also mean to withdraw or retreat from a situation or commitment.

Matched Categories

1. • Withdraw

How to pronounce back off?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of back off in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of back off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of back off in a Sentence

1. Chuck Schumer:

   If the Republican leader would only back off maximalist demands on corporate immunity, we could get something done.

2. Chris Patten:

   I hope that even at this late stage the government will back off, it doesn't have to happen. It shouldn't happen and Hong Kong should carry on as a free society under the rule of law without having to worry about this extradition.

3. Chris Cuomo:

   We went to the White House when it happened and Raj whatever-his-name-is didn’t back off the words.

4. Mark McCloskey:

   It’s the value of the Second Amendment, it’s kind of humorous for me at any rate, the charge they finally settled on for me, because it’s exactly what I did do. That’s the whole point of the Second Amendment. We stood out there with guns, and that placed them in imminent fear of physical injury, and they back off.

5. Charles Scott:

   What I have found is that ambitious people have the hardest time taking a friggin' vacation and just relaxing for a little bit. They are caught up, consumed by the goal itself, by the potential competitor who could take it away from you if you are too slow or lazy. They don’t honor recovery and the need to back off. But they absolutely honor the hard work, this, by the way, is our culture. Our corporate culture is all about being Superman. We are supposed to have no flaws and no weaknesses.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=back off
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Back_Off
3. ^ ChatGPT
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