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Hello M88 go back on one's word = break one's own promise (EX) I don't go back on what I have said. go back on somewhere = return to the original place. (EX) He's still not prepared to go back on the work.
- Hello M88 go back on one's word = break one's own promise (EX) I don't go back on what I have said.
- go back on somewhere = return to the original place.
- (EX) He's still not prepared to go back on the work.
- back out of somewhere = draw from some difficult position.
- (EX) I would like to back out of such dangerous love affairs.
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Hello M88
go back on one's word = break one's own promise
(EX) I don't go back on what I have said.
go back on somewhere = return to the original place.
(EX) He's still not prepared to go back on the work.
back out of somewhere = draw from some difficult position.
(EX) I would like to back out of such dangerous love affairs.
back out of somewhere
go back on one's word = break one's own promise
(EX) I don't go back on what I have said.
go back on somewhere = return to the original place.
(EX) He's still not prepared to go back on the work.
back out of somewhere = draw from some difficult position.
(EX) I would like to back out of such dangerous love affairs.
back out of somewhere
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Hello Paco,
Doesn't "back out of something" have a meaning? I thoguht it meant "to change one's opinion" or "regret" or even "break promise". Isn't it right?
Could you please take a look at:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=5321&dict=CALD
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Doesn't "back out of something" have a meaning? I thoguht it meant "to change one's opinion" or "regret" or even "break promise". Isn't it right?
Could you please take a look at:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=5321&dict=CALD
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It can mean that, yes.
I suppose it is a metaphor really - imagine a physical backing away from something.
I suppose it is a metaphor really - imagine a physical backing away from something.
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Hello M88
I'm sorry. In the previous message I should have written the way like:
back out of something = draw from some difficult position.
I think we (you, Nona and me) do not differ so much in the interpretation of 'back out of X'. My dictionary (OED CD ver. 3.01) says;
back out of
(1) move backward out of a place. [physical sense]
I'm sorry. In the previous message I should have written the way like:
back out of something = draw from some difficult position.
I think we (you, Nona and me) do not differ so much in the interpretation of 'back out of X'. My dictionary (OED CD ver. 3.01) says;
back out of
(1) move backward out of a place. [physical sense]
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