backed out
Reversed one's decision
Backed out means withdrew from a commitment or agreement after initially accepting.
Someone backs out of a deal, a plan, or a promise: He backed out of the wedding at the last minute.
The phrase suggests retreat or reversal—you were in, now you're out.
It can also describe physically reversing a vehicle: She backed out of the driveway.
- renegedBroke a commitment
- withdrewPulled out or back
- retractedWithdrew a prior statement
- chickenedRetreated from fear
- got cold feetBecame too nervous to proceed
backpedaled · retreat · flaked · no show · backtracked · bailed · left hanging · rescinded · annulled · disavowed · ghosted · abandoned · reversed · cancelled · called off · countermanded · coward · U-turn
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
- second thoughtssecond thoughts, reconsideration, rethinking, change of mind, change of heart
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
backed outfollowed through
Completed what was started
honored · fulfilled · delivered · came through · made good on
backed outsigned on
Officially joined or committed
opted in · jumped in · went ahead · proceeded · committed
back, out, backward, backing, background, backup, backed, backer, backs