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back off
Language:
en
1.
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UK
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neutral
To move back or withdraw from a place or position; to retreat.
2.
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informal
colloquial
To stop pressuring, harassing, or interfering with someone; to desist.
3.
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informal
To reduce the intensity, aggressiveness, or force of an action, statement, or attitude; to back down.
4.
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neutral
To remove the rear part of something; to take the back off (literal, physical usage).
Examples:
EN:
And when they're ready to pay any sum we ask, then I'm told to back off and forget about the money.
ES:
Y cuando están listas para pagar cualquier suma que pidamos, me ordenan echarme atrás y olvidarme del dinero.
EN:
- pack her back off to where she came from.
ES:
- ¿Qué quieres que haga?
EN:
For now, back off a bit.
ES:
De momento, retroceda un poco.
EN:
And back off or I'll change my mind.
ES:
- ¡No! Y apártese o cambiaré de idea.
EN:
I had already boarded, but I got back off because I wanted to see you.
ES:
Estaba solo a bordo y bajé. Quería volverte a ver.
EN:
It's kind of tough when you have to back off when you'd like to poke one of them.
ES:
Es duro callar cuando deberías darles una paliza.
EN:
Maybe they will back off.
ES:
Sígame, jefe.
EN:
I'll get a screwdriver and take the back off.
ES:
Voy a por un destornillador para quitar la parte trasera.
EN:
I can fix it if I get the back off.
ES:
Podría arreglarla si quitase la parte de atrás.
EN:
No, don't back off. You mustn't run away.
ES:
No mires hacia atrás, no vuelvas a huir.
EN:
He certainly tore my back off with a shovel, didn't he?
ES:
- Me mató en este artículo.
EN:
In this way, no Sorko will back off from a raging hippo.
ES:
De esta manera, ningún Sorko se asustará de un hipopótamo rabioso.
EN:
Back off, back off.
ES:
Retírese, retírese.
EN:
Just shut up and back off.
ES:
Sólo cállese y olvídese del asunto sin rechistar, ¿vale?
EN:
Ramujins! Take those slippers back off him!
ES:
Alejen esas babuchas de mí.
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