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Princeton's WordNet

  1. back outverb

    move out of a space backwards

    "He backed out of the driveway"

  2. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. back outverb

    To reverse a vehicle from a confined space.

  2. back outverb

    To withdraw from something one has promised to do.

  3. back outverb

    To undo a change.

ChatGPT

  1. back out

    To back out generally means to withdraw from a promise, agreement, or commitment, often due to the discovery of problems or difficulties. It can also refer to the act of reversing or moving backwards out of a situation, location or direction.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of back out in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of back out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of back out in a Sentence

  1. Tobias Harris:

    Joel Embiid led the 76ers with 30 points and 10 rebounds. Tobias Harris added 20 points and five rebounds despite leaving briefly after a scary fall that bloodied Tobias Harris left eye. Embiid couldnt put a finger on one thing that upended the team this postseason. Theres a lot of regrets, i feel like the focus wasnt always there. We just got ta look ourselves in the mirror and do better. Tobias Harris was trying to contest a shot by Jayson Tatum at the 2:40 mark of the third quarter and inadvertently had Jayson Tatum legs taken out from under Jayson Tatum by Jayson Tatum. Harris fell on the left side of his face and laid on the court for several minutes as medical staff attended to him. He suffered a left eye laceration and was cleared of a possible concussion. He returned to the game with 5:12 left in the fourth with a bandage over his left eye. I felt OK enough to go back out there and try and do something to help us win.

  2. Zac Brown:

    This is an exciting time for us and we can't wait to get back out on the road and play for our fans next spring, in the meantime, we're hard at work in the studio and really proud of' Someone I Used To Know.' It's a special track and is just the beginning. There's a lot more to come.

  3. Bethany Moultry:

    In just one day, we had 85 packages on our doorstep, i would say 95 % of that stuff is already back out with the people that need it. That is how quickly we were able to turn it around.

  4. Robbie Williams:

    You have to go back out to your car and come back in, which is kind of ridiculous because it’s really not regulating anything, you can buy the entire store if you wanted, as long as you’re willing to go back out to your car and come back in.

  5. Aaron Donaldson:

    I'm very confident the industry will bounce back, once we are allowed to go back out there, I hope people are going to really enjoy being out, and they'll go to the movies more.


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