Examples of back off in a Sentence
you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance
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After a half-dozen senior Justice Department officials threatened to resign, Trump backed off on appointing Clark, who supported his claims of voter fraud and had planned to send a Justice Department letter asking officials in Georgia not to certify those election results.
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David Rohde, NBC News, 4 July 2024
Party leaders have backed off a pledge to pull France out of NATO’s strategic command, but called for limiting the kinds of weapons France sends to Ukraine.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Drury started at second in his first game back off the injured list.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024
Sources told the Herald that Miami-Dade police officers attempted to pass the UPS truck to cut if off while on the highway — but backed off when the robbery suspects shot at them.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
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David Rohde, NBC News, 4 July 2024
Party leaders have backed off a pledge to pull France out of NATO’s strategic command, but called for limiting the kinds of weapons France sends to Ukraine.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Drury started at second in his first game back off the injured list.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024
Sources told the Herald that Miami-Dade police officers attempted to pass the UPS truck to cut if off while on the highway — but backed off when the robbery suspects shot at them.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
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“Back off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20off. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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