| 单词 | backing-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbacking-out d. backing-out (see back v. 18). Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > withdrawal from an engagement or promise retraction1550 resiling1644 retractation1654 resilience1656 backing-out1819 pull-out1825 back-out1829 resilement1830 1819 Cartwright in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 22 May col. 1112 The Duke saw his reasons for what Mr. Cobbett calls ‘backing out’. 1841 Knickerbocker 17 374 Nor would her offended dignity be appeased by the self-imposed immolations of backing-out. 1846 S. F. Smith Theatr. Apprenticeship 149 I don't come from a backing out country—I must have a showing for the money that's down. 1880 A. W. Tourgée Invis. Empire v. 413 In explanation of the backing-out process, he says it consisted simply in not going to any more meetings. < as lemmas |
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