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Translations for „back off“ in the English » Polish Dictionary (Go to Polish » English)

back off VB intr esp AM

1. back off (move away):

wycofywać [perf wycofać] się

2. back off (stop):

przestawać [perf przestać]

Usage examples with back off

to get off sb's back

odczepić się od kogoś

like water off a duck's back

jak grochem o ścianę

to have the shirt off sb's back

zedrzeć z kogoś ostatnią koszulę

to give sb the shirt off one's back

oddać komuś ostatnią koszulę

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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In the first phase, the male and female stand face to face, their trembling antennae touching, then repeatedly back off and return to this position. en.wikipedia.org

As the tooth actively erupts, the coronal part of the fused and surrounding epithelium peels back off the crown. en.wikipedia.org

He writes that he was told to back off at one point because of concern for violence. en.wikipedia.org

We would then back off to a safe distance, only to have the same thing happen a few hours later. en.wikipedia.org

Some of these sounds are reflected back off the spaces between interstitial fluid and soft tissue or bone. en.wikipedia.org

She always knows what to do: when to push, and when to back off. en.wikipedia.org

He tells her to back off from his son, and decides to break up with her. en.wikipedia.org

Sky loses her temper and tells them to back off, otherwise a fight would start. en.wikipedia.org

He then turned round in no uncertain terms to tell her to back off him. en.wikipedia.org

He managed to back off some of the attackers. en.wikipedia.org

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