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Phrase(s): back off (from someone or something)
Go to back away (from someone or something)., Phrase(s): back someone or something off (from something)
to guide or move someone or something a short distance from something. • I backed the car off from the curb a tiny bit. • Using signals, I backed the car off from the crushed bicycle.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. See BACK DOWN, def. 2. 2. Relent, abandon one's stand. For example, The chairman wanted to sell one division but later backed off. [Mid-1900s]
American Heritage Idioms