Back off meaning
Back off is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to withdraw informally from a situation so that others can handle it themselves.
- Past simple
- backed off
- Past participle
- backed off
- -ing form
- backing off
What back off means
stop involvementB2informal
To withdraw informally from a situation so that others can handle it themselves
The manager agreed to back off and let the team decide.
1 more meaning of back off is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With back: back up, back down.
With off: turn off, take off, cut off, go off, put off, break off, keep off, start off, tick off, get off.
Common questions
What does back off mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to withdraw informally from a situation so that others can handle it themselves. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of back off?
Backed off, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
