Back-off Sentence Examples

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  • Just back off and try again in a few weeks.

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  • I couldn't get him to back off and I got really scared.

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  • Maybe I can get a friend or two to put a bug in his ear to back off.

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  • I want him to back off.

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  • He might like you, but if he has a girlfriend, you need to back off until they break up.

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  • Now some really big names tell me to back off but it's my hen house where all you fox are playing.

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  • I'll tell Aisha to back off anyway.

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  • He was so tuned in to Elisabeth's voice, that just by scanning a piece of music, he knew where to change the composition to compliment her, and where to back off to let her shine.

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  • Or back off and go home intact.

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  • He seems to start out on this road but become indecisive again and back off.

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  • Member for Ashford and his colleagues to back off from their previous position, as it is clearly nonsensical.

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  • Harte had a screamer come back off the angle, with the keeper rooted to the spot.

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  • The Volunteer Fire Station, consists of a concrete slab sectional garage set back off the main road running through the town.

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  • If she still seems uninterested after a few tries, back off and try again at a later date.

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  • If the cat begins to show fear, back off immediately.

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  • If you've already used color in the walls and cabinets, then you may want to back off on color and look toward more earth tones.

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  • I think what this boy wants is for you to back off a little.

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  • First, back off for a while and don't be so eager or desperate.

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  • Often, it is the parent who has to stay strong for a teenager, so know your role as the adult and don't back off your ground as an authority figure.

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  • When two puppies are playing and one gets too rough, a yelp instinctively tells the aggressor that he is playing too rough and the pup will naturally back off or reduce the intensity of his playing.

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  • After an attack, she'll back off momentarily.

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  • When you want to hook your iPhone up to the docking station, you simply slide the bottom back off.

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  • The probe measures how much sound energy bounces back off the eardrum, rather than being transmitted to the middle ear.

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  • The bite may be a simple warning to back off (as in most household cats), an assertion of dominance and control (as in many dogs), or an intention to seriously injure or kill (as in a few breeds of dogs and some wild animals).

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  • This will elegantly pull your hair back off your face, while highlighting your features.

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  • If she doesn't respond, the way you would like immediately, back off and be the guy she's gotten to know.

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  • Also, be emotionally prepared not to back off and stick with your claim.

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  • Then come home and kick them back off effortlessly to enjoy your latte.

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  • Cut the front and back off of cereal boxes.

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  • Cut the back off of the greeting card and discard it.

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  • If something hurts, particularly joints and ligaments, it's time to back off for a couple days.

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  • Squeeze your abdominal muscles to reach the highest point possible without lifting your back off the ground while keeping your hands tucked under your backside.

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  • More advanced athletes can use this data to gauge the effectiveness of their training strategies, and beginners or those with health conditions are safe to have a canary that warns them to back off if they exceed a safe level of exertion.

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  • This allows you to track your level of exertion in real-time, giving you a handle on how fast to run, when it's time to back off and so forth.

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  • The anaerobic exercise that takes place during the sprint creates a kind of "oxygen debt" that forces you to back off and catch your breath.

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  • After about 10 seconds, lightly back off from the stretch without relaxing totally and then deepen the stretch.

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  • Place your hands behind your head or neck and lift your upper back off the floor, careful not to tuck your chin as you rise.

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  • Make sure the party you host is filled with a variety of activities to keep everyone interested and engaged, but try to back off and let the kids choose which activities they want to do the most.

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  • Maybe now Youngblood would stay out of the news and Howie would back off insisting we take action to stop him.

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  • If you think I'm getting paternal about it, just tell me and I'll back off.

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  • Their artillery driven back off the ridges formed a long line from Stosser to Plotist facing the enemy, and under cover of its fire the infantry at length succeeded in withdrawing, for the Prussian reserve cavalry arrived late on the ground, and the local disconnected efforts of the divisional cavalry were checked by the still intact Austrian squadrons.

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  • Kavanagh's 30-yard free kick bounced back off Delaney's right post and Scott Young volleyed onto the crossbar from another Kavanagh corner.

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  • If a spectator is getting too pushy, tell them to back off.

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  • Mistrust everything, and if anything looks the slightest bit fishy, back off.

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  • If you're up early and plan to be out for a while, you may want to throw on an extra layer over your summer clothing before it heats up in the afternoon or after it cools back off in the evening.

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