back out

Verb (2)

1. move out of a space backwards“He backed out of the driveway”
2. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity“We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him”“He backed out of his earlier promise”“The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns”Synonyms: retreatpull backback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw