What is the meaning of crawfish out?

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 out, back away, crawfish, pull in one's horns, withdraw

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