Synonyms for backed out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bak

Phonetic Transcription : bæk

Top 10 synonyms for backed out

Other synonyms for the word backed out

Définition of backed out

Origin : Old English bæc "back," from Proto-Germanic *bakam (cf. Old Saxon and Middle Dutch bak, Old Frisian bek), with no known connections outside Germanic.
The cognates mostly have been ousted in this sense in other modern Germanic languages by words akin to Modern English ridge (cf. Danish ryg, German Rücken). Many Indo-European languages show signs of once having distinguished the horizontal back of an animal (or a mountain range) from the upright back of a human. In other cases, a modern word for "back" may come from a word related to "spine" (Italian schiena, Russian spina) or "shoulder, shoulder blade" (Spanish espalda, Polish plecy).
To turn (one's) back on (someone or something) "ignore" is from early 14c. Behind (someone's) back "clandestinely" is from late 14c.
To know (something) like the back of one's hand, implying familiarity, is first attested 1893. The first attested use of the phrase is from a dismissive speech made to a character in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Catriona":
If I durst speak to herself, you may be certain I would never dream of trusting it to you; because I know you like the back of my hand, and all your blustering talk is that much wind to me.
The story, a sequel to "Kidnapped," has a Scottish setting and context, and the back of my hand to you was noted in the late 19th century as a Scottish expression meaning "I will have nothing to do with you" [e.g. "Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language"]. In English generally, the back of (one's) hand has been used to imply contempt and rejection since at least 1300. Perhaps the connection of a menacing dismissal is what made Stevenson choose that particular anatomical reference.

verb withdraw

Example sentences :

She turned to the window again, and Trenton backed out of the room as best he could.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

Then he raised me to my feet, and at a touch from the Chamberlain, I backed out of the room.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

He blocked out the light, and in a moment had backed out of sight.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Schomberg would have backed out quietly if Ricardo had not turned his head.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

With a spring it backed out again and stood with the others.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

He knew, as he backed out, that he was cutting a poor figure.
Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

He'd hoped to have a violinist, too, but the party had backed out.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

He backed out of the big ship and consulted the charts of the lifeboat.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

At the time appointed all our passengers were on board, and we backed out from the levee.
Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic

At eight o'clock, promptly, we backed out and crossed the river.
Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019