āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to back off
[phrase form: back]
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to move away from a person, thing, or situation
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The dog growled, warning everyone to back off.
āĻā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻž, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to no longer be involved in a task or obligation
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It 's okay to back off if a task becomes too challenging.
āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to avoid telling someone what to do or criticizing them, allowing the person to handle the situation on their own
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Please back off and give her some space to make her own choices.
āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
