back out

Questions about back out

What does back out mean?

back out means "move out of a space backwards". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for back out?

Close synonyms include retreat, pull back, back away, crawfish, crawfish out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is back out a common word?

back out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.