HyperDic: crawfish_out

English > 1 sense of the expression crawfish out:
VERBcommunicationcrawfish out, retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, pull in one's horns, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
English > crawfish out: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
PatternSomebody ----s
Example"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"
Synonymsretreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, pull in one's horns, withdraw
Similar towithdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backpull back or move away or backward
Spanishrecular, retirarse, retirar, suprimir
Catalanrecular, retirar-se, retirar, suprimir

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