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- [bak out]
- /bæk aʊt/
- /bæk ˈaʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bak out]
- /bæk aʊt/
Definitions of back out words
- phrasal verb back out If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do. 3
- verb back out to withdraw (from an agreement, etc) 3
- noun back out an instance of withdrawing from an agreement, etc 3
- noun back out to withdraw from an enterprise 3
- noun back out to refuse to keep a promise 3
- noun back out the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. 1
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Origin of back out
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English bak, Old English bæc back of the body; cognate with Old Frisian bek, Old Saxon, Old Norse bak; perhaps < Indo-European *bhogo- bending; cf. bacon
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Parts of speech for Back out
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
back out popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
back out usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for back out
verb back out
- cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- renege — Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
Antonyms for back out
verb back out
- bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- gunned — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- gunning — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- line up — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
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