back off
phrasal verbwithbackverbuk/bæk/us/bæk/
informaltostopbeinginvolvedin asituation, usually inordertoallowotherpeopletodealwith it themselves:
放弃；放手；停止（指手画脚）Shestartedtocriticizeme, then shesuddenlybackedoff.她开始批评我，后来突然停了下来。
Just back off andletus do this onourown, will you?你别管了，让我们自己来处理这事好吗？
B2
tomovebackwardsaway from someone, usually because you arefrightened:
（尤指因为害怕）后退；退缩Isawtheknifeandbackedoff.我看见那把刀，吓得连忙后退。
Abstaining and refraining
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiously
- abstention
- disengage
- fast
- forbear
- forbearance
- give
- give up
- hors de combat
- keep
- keep(someone/something)out ofsomething
- step
- step back
- stop
- stop short ofsomethingidiom
- swear offsomething
- touch
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