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Back off

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To move backwards away from something. literally

    "I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path."

  2. 2
    move backwards from a certain position wordnet
  3. 3
    To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act. idiomatic

    "You need to back off, or the situation could turn ugly."

  4. 4
    remove oneself from an obligation wordnet
  5. 5
    To lower the setting of. idiomatic

    "Could you back off the volume a bit? It’s really loud."

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  1. 6
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, off.

    "The machine may go back off if it gets too hot. [= turn off again, turn back off]."

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