back off

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A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of retreating, withdrawing, or moving away from a situation or confrontation.

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1. Retreat or withdrawinformal

   To move away from someone or something, often to avoid conflict or danger.

   التراجع

   • The dog growled, so I backed off slowly.
   • He told the aggressive driver to back off.
   • The police ordered the crowd to back off.

   المرادفاتdraw backfall backpull backrecederetreatwithdraw

   الأضدادadvanceapproachconfront

2. Stop pressuring someoneinformal

   To stop trying to influence or force someone to do something.

   التوقف عن الضغط

   • She was pushing him too hard, so he asked her to back off.
   • You need to back off and let him make his own decision.
   • The manager decided to back off from the strict deadline.

   المرادفاتback downease offgive waylay offlet uprelentstand-down

الفعل الأساسيback