back off
Verb
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004
Verb
back 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.
- French: reculer
- Russian: отступа́ть
- Spanish: retroceder
- French: mettre de l'eau dans son vin
- French: baisser d'un ton
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004