back-away

Verbs

(v) 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
crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw,

Synonyms

crawfish crawfish out pull in one's horns back out retreat pull back withdraw

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