"back off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

Audio: En-au-back off.ogg
  1. Se retirer, dégager.
    Sense id: fr-back_off-en-verb-wyM6a3IC Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais avec traduction désactivée
  2. Devenir moins agressif. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: fr-back_off-en-verb-YFJmYvlM Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (se retirer): back down, climb down, pull back, recede, recoil, relent, retire, retreat, withdraw
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    {
      "sense": "se retirer",
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    },
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "retire"
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