back out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer qu'on renonce à un engagement, une promesse ou une entreprise, souvent au dernier moment.

A phrasal verb used to indicate withdrawing from a commitment, promise, or undertaking.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Withdraw from a commitmentinformal

   To decide not to do something that you had previously agreed to do.

   Se désister, se rétracter

   • He backed out of the deal at the last minute.
   • She backed out of the party because she felt sick.
   • They backed out of the contract after reading the fine print.

   Synonymesbail outpull outrenegeretractwithdraw

   Antonymescommitconfirmfulfillhonor

2. Reverse a vehicleinformal

   To move a vehicle backwards out of a space.

   Faire marche arrière (en voiture)

   • She backed out of the driveway carefully.
   • He backed the car out of the garage.
   • The driver backed out of the parking spot.

   Synonymesback up

Verbe de baseback