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Old 13-Jan-2008, 12:53
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Are the above identical in meaning? Thanks.
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Default Re: Back off!

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Back off = stop confronting me.

Get out = leave this place immediately.
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Back off = stop confronting me.

Get out = leave this place immediately.
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I thought they were all the same all my life!
Are there other alternate ways to say "Back off?" If not, I find it hard to distinguish it from "Get out here" because I find it really close to "Get out here?'
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Default Re: Back off!

Hi angliholic,

There are a few alternative ways to say "back off":

back down = reverse one's upward course, descend, as in

When she saw the asps' nest on the top of the roof, she hastily backed down the ladder.

chicken out = back out from fear, loose one's nerve, as in

In the end I chickened out and look the easier rote down the mountain.

pull out = leave, depart, as in

The bus puled out at noon.

withdraw from an undertaking, as in

After the crash many investors pulled out of the market.

bow out = depart, withdraw, resign, as in

After five years as chairman, I felt it was time I bowed out.

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