Significato di back off in italiano

• 0 to move backwards so as to get away from someone or something -- arretrare, indietreggiare

  • As the police moved in, most of the protesters backed off.

• 1 to stop criticizing or annoying someone, or telling them what to do -- farsi da parte

  • Sometimes parents should back off and let their children make their own decisions.

• 2 to decide not to do something -- ripensare

  • The president backed off from sending in the army to crush the uprising.