back off

• Verbe à particule signifiant reculer, se retirer ou s'éloigner d'une situation ou d'une confrontation, ou cesser d'insister ou de harceler quelqu'un.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Retreat or withdrawinformal

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

   se retirer, reculer

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

   Synonymesdraw backfall backpull backrecederetreatwithdraw

   Antonymesadvanceapproachconfront

2. Stop pressuring someoneinformal

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

   Cesser de faire pression sur quelqu’un

   • 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.

   Synonymesback downease offgive waylay offlet uprelentstand-down

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