单词 | back off |
释义 | back off 1. phrasal verb B2 If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight. They backed off in horror. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you back off from a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if you back off it, you withdraw it. A spokesman says the president has backed off from his threat to boycott the conference. [VERB PARTICLE + from] The union has publicly backed off that demand. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb [usually imper] See full dictionary entry for back If you tell someone to back off, you are telling them to stop interfering. [informal] Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions! [VERB PARTICLE] |
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