单词 | back off |
释义 | back offSEE SYNONYMS FOR back off ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb) informal(intr) to retreat (tr) to abandon (an intention, objective, etc) Words nearby back offback 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 offback off See back down, def. 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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