back out
Example Sentences
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Getting people to come back out to the movies has been a challenge for film exhibitors nationwide, but it was especially tricky in a tiny community like Hebron.
From Salon
At Good Samaritan, Maia limps into the ER, cons her way into priority triage, gets stitched up, and limps back out against the doctor’s orders.
From Salon
After the deal was agreed to in December 2008, Bank of America learned that losses from Merrill were billions of dollars more than expected, and it tried to back out.
As recently as November, Fermi indicated it was running behind schedule on negotiations with its first major tenant, which is now known to be the tenant that backed out of the funding agreement.
From Barron's
“When experience starts dissuading you from heading back out,” he writes, “it’s because you’ve grown old.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
