back out
Example Sentences
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The company had a significant drop this month after it said a potential tenant has backed out of an agreement to provide $150 million in construction funding.
Less than two weeks after the court’s ruling, unnamed buyers had backed out of their planned purchase of Richmond’s insolvent Versante Hotel.
It was a passing shower and they were back out 40 minutes later with lunch pushed back by half an hour.
From Barron's
“They basically turned him back out on the streets,” she says.
Buyers are backing out of deals based on issues that arise during inspections or other worries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
