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"(literally) To move backwards away from something."
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"ref": "2007 October 10, David M. Herszenhorn, “Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder”, in New York Times",
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"text": "You need to back off, or the situation could turn ugly."
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{
"text": "I was going to sue, until my legal advisors told me to back off."
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"(idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act."
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"text": "Coordinate term: back out"
},
{
"text": "Could you back off the volume a bit? It's really loud."
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"(idiomatic) To lower the setting of."
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, off."
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"text": "I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path."
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"To move backwards away from something."
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"(literally) To move backwards away from something."
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"ref": "2007 October 10, David M. Herszenhorn, “Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder”, in New York Times",
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},
{
"text": "You need to back off, or the situation could turn ugly."
},
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"(idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act."
],
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"text": "Coordinate term: back out"
},
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"text": "Could you back off the volume a bit? It's really loud."
}
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"To lower the setting of."
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],
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"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "задкаваць"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"word": "perääntyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"word": "reculer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"word": "hátrál"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "cofnąć się"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "cofać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"tags": [
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"word": "odsunąć się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odsuwać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"word": "recuar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"word": "retroceder"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otstupátʹ",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"word": "отступа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move backwards away from something",
"word": "retroceder"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act",
"word": "malttaa mielensä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act",
"word": "rauhoittua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act",
"word": "mettre de l’eau dans son vin"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act",
"word": "visszafogja magát"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act",
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"colloquial"
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"word": "visszavesz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act",
"word": "uspokoić się"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lower the setting of",
"word": "alentaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lower the setting of",
"word": "hiljentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lower the setting of",
"word": "baisser d’un ton"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to lower the setting of",
"word": "lejjebb vesz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to lower the setting of",
"word": "wyciszyć"
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"word": "back off"
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