Verb

• S: (v) back out (move out of a space backwards) "He backed out of the driveway"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) back (travel backward) "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
• S: (v) back out (move out of a space backwards) "He backed out of the driveway"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity) "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
• verb group
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame