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RELATED WORDS : answer back auction off back back and fill back and forth back away back brace back breaker back burner back channel back circle back country back door back down back end back entrance back exercise back fire back judge back matter back number back of beyond back out back pack back porch back room back saw back scratching back seat back stairs back street back talk back to back back tooth back up back way badly off be off bear off beat back beat off beetle off beg off better off bind off bite off blast off block off blow off bounce back bound off break off break one's back breaking off bring back bring off broken off browned off brush off bugger off bully off bump off bundle off bunk off burn off buy back buy off buzz off call back call off cap off carry back carry off cart off cast off ceding back charge off check off cheesed off chip off chip off the old block choke back choke off chop off clear off click off clock off close off closing off come back come back at come off coming back cool off cordon off count off cream off cross off curtain off cut back cut off cutting off damping off damping off fungus dash off date back day off die back die off dope off double back doze off draw back draw off drawing off drift off drive back drive off drop back drop off drowse off ease off ebb off even off face off fall back fall off falling off fat back feed back fend off fight back fight off finish off firing off first off flake off flanker back flash back fling off flow off fly off the handle fob off foist off force back freeze off frighten off from way back fuck off get back get back at get off get off the ground give back give off go back go back on go back over go off go off at half-cock go off half cocked go off half-cocked goof off goofing off hang back hang off hark back haul off have it off head off hit it off hive off hold back hold off jack off jacking off jerk off jerking off jump off jumping off place keep back keep off keep one's eyes off keep one's hands off kick back kick off kill off knock back knock it off knock off laugh off lay off lead off leading off lean back leave off let off level off lift off lip off log off look back loose off lop off make off mark off melt off mouth off move back move back and forth nip off nod off off off and on off balance off base off chance off color off duty off guard off her guard off his guard off key off limits off one's guard off the beaten track off the cuff off the hook off the record off the wall off year off your guard on and off pack off pair off palm off pan off partition off partitioned off partner off pass off pat on the back pay back pay off paying back peel off pension off pick off piss off pissed off play back play off polish off pop off pound off pull back pull off push back put back put off raffle off rail off rake off rattle off rear back reel off relation back ride off rinse off rip off roar off roll back roll off rope off round off rub off run off running back rush off scare off scratch off screen off seal off sealed off sell off send back send off separate off set back set off shade off shake off sheer off shoo off shoot one's mouth off shove off show off showing off shrink back shrug off shut off sign off sink back siphon off sit back skim off slack off slacken off sleep off slide back slip back slip off slough off snap back snap off sneak off snip off sound off spark off spiel off spin off spirit off sponge off square off stand back stand off stave off stay off straight off strike back strike off swear off sweat off sweep off switch off sworn off take back take off take the edge off take time off talk back taper off tapering off tear off tee off tell off think back throw back throw off thrust back tick off ticked off time off tip off top off topping off toss back toss off touch off travel back and forth trigger off trim back turn back turn off turned off walk off walk off with ward off wash off water back watteau back wave off wear off whack off whisk off win back wind off wipe off work off write off

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb back off has 2 senses

• back off(v = verb.motion) back down, back up - move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"
is one way to draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• back off(v = verb.social) back down, bow out, chicken out, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
is one way to retire, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

ROGET THESAURUS

back off

Recession

VB recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.

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