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单词 back off
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back off

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verb (adverb) informal

(intr) to retreat
(tr) to abandon (an intention, objective, etc)

Words nearby back off

back o' beyond, back o' Bourke, back of, back of beyond, back of Bourke, back off, back office, back of one's hand, back of one's mind, back on one's feet, back order
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with back off

back off

1

See back down, def. 2.

2

Relent, abandon one's stand. For example, The chairman wanted to sell one division but later backed off. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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