Synonyms for back out
- back down
- cancel
- give up
- renege
- surrender
- avoid
- back pedal
- beg off
- blow it off
- chicken out
- cop out
- get cold feet
- go back on
- recant
- resign
- scratch
- shy from
- throw in the towel
- weasel out
- welsh
- wiggle out
- worm out
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abandoning
verb. leave in troubled state
back down
verb. back off
- abandon
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- balk
- beg off
- bow out
- cancel
- cave in
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- pull back
- pull out
- recant
- recoil
- renege
- resign
- retreat
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
backing down
verb. back off
- abandon
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- balk
- beg off
- bow out
- cancel
- cave in
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- pull back
- pull out
- recant
- recoil
- renege
- resign
- retreat
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
chicken out
verb. back down
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