to back out of an agreement

  • 1back out — verb 1. move out of a space backwards (Freq. 2) He backed out of the driveway • Hypernyms: ↑back • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP 2. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity …

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  • 2back out of — Charlie s backed out of the original agreement Syn: renege on, go back on, withdraw from, pull out of, retreat from, fail to honor, abandon, default on, repudiate, backpedal on …

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  • 3back out — /ˌbæk aυt/ verb to stop being part of a deal or an agreement ● The bank backed out of the contract. ● We had to cancel the project when our German partners backed out …

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  • 4back out — withdraw from an agreement or promise The company backed out of the deal with the foreign firm …

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  • 5back out of — to fail to carry out (or to withdraw from) some promise, arrangement, agreement or obligation …

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  • 6back down — [v] withdraw from agreement or statement abandon, accede, admit, back off, back out, back pedal*, backtrack, balk, beg off*, cancel, chicken out*, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, give up, go back on, hold back, recant, recoil, renege, resign,… …

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  • 8back — 1 adverb 1 RETURN in or into the place or position where someone or something was before: Freddie was supposed to be back at the hotel by six. | Put that book back where you found it! | We d better go back, she said regretfully. 2 AS BEFORE in or …

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  • 9agreement — a‧gree‧ment [əˈgriːmənt] noun [countable] 1. an arrangement or promise to do something, made by two or more people or organizations: • Under the agreement, the company will distribute our products in North America. • What happens if the warring… …

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  • 10Out of This Furnace —   …

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