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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action > back out (9)
resile1529

intransitive. To draw back, withdraw, or distance oneself from an undertaking, declaration, course of action, opinion, etc.

to back out1807

to back out: to move backward out of a place without turning; figurative to draw back cautiously or tacitly from an arrangement or situation, to…

duff1883

intransitive. Scottish and English regional (northern). To change one's mind, withdraw, or back out from a venture or undertaking; to ‘chicken out’…

duck1896

To back out, withdraw; to make off, abscond; to default. colloquial (originally U.S.).

punk1920

intransitive. U.S. slang. With out. To display cowardice; to back out from cowardice; (hence) to withdraw one's support, to quit.

squib1938

With on: to betray or let down (someone). Also without const., to funk, to behave in a cowardly manner; to wriggle or squirm. Australian slang.

bug1952

intransitive. Frequently with out. To lose one's nerve and decide not to do something; to back out.

weasel1956

To escape from or extricate oneself out (of a situation, obligation, etc.), esp. dishonourably; to welsh on. Also with one's way.

to wuss out1976

intransitive. to wuss out: to avoid an action or withdraw from a commitment, as a result of perceived cowardice or weakness. Cf. wimp, v.

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