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How to use back off in a sentence

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It sounds like an air-raid siren but in fact it calls the timbermen back off shore leave.
The next stage was to have short curly hair kept back off the face as in the photo of Josie and a friend dressed for a formal occasion.
I called his bluff correctly though and I ended up getting all the chips back off him and knocking him out so was all good in the end.
And on top of that, the pitcher would think twice about trying to brush the batter back off the plate.
A former rugby player, the burly Ulsterman has never been one to back off, on or off the course.
The beating ended with a final blow to the back off Alia's leg, just a few inches above the ankle bone.
Baseball is all about pitching inside and trying to brush the batter back off the plate.
The one-time Rangers youth player rose well to meet Sheridan's corner from the right, but his effort came back off the bar.
But, quite rightly, the union refused to back off until the company withdrew its plan in its entirety.
She was having a rough time explaining to Scott that she was involved with someone, and that he needed to back off.
That gave Rovers renewed impetus and Baggio nearly scored a brilliant goal with a thunderous drive that bounced back off the crossbar.
Remember which wire is live and have your helper turn the power back off, checking with the tester to be sure.
York made a lively start with Colin Moore netting a rebound after the ball had bounced back off the keeper's legs from a short corner.
Karl took the iron skillet back off the coals, used a pawful of paper towels to wipe it clean, and set it off to the side to cool.
Twist each section clockwise and then click back off the forehead with a small claw clip, bobby pin or tiny alligator clip.
If they can make the Bulls pay for crowding Wade and fronting Shaq, it will take the starch out of Chicago's defense and force it to back off.
They leaned on members of Congress, who in turn pressured the commission to back off.
Faced with criticism of her anti-democratic actions, the president was forced to back off.
As it slunk back off into the forest, another shadow crawled down from a tree, its long arms dragging along the ground behind it as it went.
It was only in the closing stages when Paul's brakes faded slightly that he had to back off the chase.
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Examples from Classical Literature
A demonstrator had the back off from one of the big Lambert-Howell sprayers.
As she makes some fumbling progress, a stalker warns Wollie to back off or else.
Phil Clapham had the good sense to back off when the gun was pointed at him and somebody shouted the order to shoot to kill.
Typically, once the CPA explains what this would entail, they quickly back off.
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