verb
- Move out of a space backwards.
- usage: "He backed out of the driveway"
- Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
- usage: "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 away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
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