back off
See also: backoff
English
Verb
back off (third-person singular simple present backs off, present participle backing off, simple past and past participle backed off)
- (literally) To move backwards away from something.
- I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path.
- (idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.
- You need to back off, or the situation could turn ugly.
- I was going to sue, until my legal advisors told me to back off.
- (idiomatic) To lower the setting of.
- Could you back off the volume a bit? It's really loud.
Translations
To move backwards away from something
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To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act
To lower the setting of
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