back off

Example Sentences

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"So it is not fair to me to say I ever tell my players to back off and not press. If it did look like that, it was never the intention."

From BBC • May 9, 2026

And so that was only possible because there’s a clinical trial, which is another way of saying to the FDA, “Hey, back off a little bit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Stubborn inflation could force the Fed to back off rates cut this year.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

The team used technology called LIDAR, which measures pollution in the atmosphere by shooting out lots of laser pulses and seeing which bounce back off something.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Lidia is screaming at everyone to stop and back off, and she’s helping me up.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera