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back out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    retreat  pull back  back out  back away  crawfish  crawfish out  pull in one's horns  withdraw 
  2. move out of a space backwards
    "He backed out of the driveway"
    back out 
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back out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To withdraw from something one has promised to do.
  2. (verb) To reverse a vehicle from a confined space.
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