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View synonyms for

back off

verb

  1. intr to retreat
  2. tr to abandon (an intention, objective, etc)
“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


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“I pray they back off and see that there would be real glory in speaking up and supporting ’60 Minutes,’ which is truly a national treasure,” Bettag said.

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"Things that are given can be taken away," he said, hours before Trump appeared to back off.

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“We’d just pick off a few of the bad actors, so the others would go, whoa, and back off,” she said.

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Bill Maher said he wouldn’t back off from future criticism of the president, but to those in Trump’s inner circle, it doesn’t matter.

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After several days of spectacular losses, it responded with a record surge on Wednesday after Trump backed off the tariffs.

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