English Dictionary

back out

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 多文化ロンドン英語

(transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space. / (intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do. / (transitive) To dare (someone) to not withdraw from a challenge.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）狭い場所から車を後退させる。 / （自動詞）約束した事柄から手を引く、あるいは撤退する。 / （他動詞）誰かに対して、挑戦から撤退しないように敢えて促す。

Could you back out the car from the narrow garage slowly so we don't scrape the bumper?

狭い車庫から車をゆっくりと後退させて、バンパーを擦らないようにしてくれますか？

意味（1）

(transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.

He backed out of the garage.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.

She backed out of organizing the fund-raising.

意味（3）

(transitive) To dare (someone) to not withdraw from a challenge.

I can back you out. How? Doin' what? they asked. Crossing the canal on the pole. Shucks, you can't back me out, declared one of the boys, at which he darted across the swaying pole, and with a jump, landed safely across. Another boy went at it gingerly, and with the antics of a tight-rope walker, he managed to get to the other side. […] All right, Carlia, shouted the boys on the other bank. […] Carlia placed her foot on the pole as if testing it. The other girls protested. She would fall in and drown. You dared us; now who's the coward, cried the boys.

意味（4）

(gambling) To bet on someone losing.

Whatever you throw is your chance. I called five for the main, which is the out chance, and threw seven to it, which is the in chance. If I throw five first, I lose, and if seven I win. You can back me in by betting the odds, or you can back me out, by taking the odds, the bank answers either way.

意味（5）

(computing, transitive) To undo (a change).

I had to back out the changes made to the computer when it became apparent that they had stopped it working properly.

意味（6）

(computing, intransitive) To exit a mode or function.

I chose that menu option by accident, so I pressed Escape to back out.

意味（7）

(MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also bare back).

Anything 4 get bun, back it out see the paigons run Can't believe that my door got spun, I just got nicked for a loaded gun

backs out （ present singular third-person ）

backing out （ participle present ）

backed out （ participle past ）

backed out （ past ）