Definition of 'back away'

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"
      Synonyms: retreat pull back back out crawfish crawfish out pull in one's horns withdraw

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