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back down(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
8
back up(verb, retreat, recoil, recede)
5
give up(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
4
chicken out(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
4
back away(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
4
bow out(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
4
pull out(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
back out(verb, go, withdraw, leave)
3
fall back(verb, go, withdraw, leave)
3
pull back(verb, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
take back(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
2
cave in(verb, go, withdraw, leave)
2
give ground(verb, go, withdraw, leave)
1
admit defeat(withdraw, yield, backpedal)
1
back out of(idiom, withdraw, deny, cancel)
1
back pedal(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
1
beat it(verb, go, withdraw, leave)
1
beg off(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
1
bog down(verb, check, delay, hinder)
1
break off(verb, stop, end, fail)
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APASmart Define. (2015). back off thesaurus. Retrieved September 23, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/back_off/thesaurus/synonyms
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