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

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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. Cynthia Houniuhi:

   To be honest, at first, I was very hesitant when this idea was discussed, my mind keeps telling me to back off. I mean, let’s be real here, it was too ambitious to say the least. Like, how can a small group of students from the Pacific Region convince the majority of the UN members to support this unique initiative?

2. 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.

3. Vali Nasr:

   The Taliban may be trying to slacken the resolve of the military by suggesting that there could be a tremendous human costs to the military offensive and create public pressure on the military to back off from this offensive, but it may actually ricochet on them.

4. Jonathan Reiner:

   I'm not sure what this ban will achieve, other than to add some disincentive to other countries that might be looking to do intense sequencing and identify variants, this might incentivize those countries to maybe, you know, back off on that a little bit because no good deed goes unpunished.

5. Yannis Dragasakis:

   Our objective is a viable solution inside the euro, we will not back off from the red lines we have set.

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
   https://chat.openai.com