FINK OUT Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

fink out

verb

Definition of fink out

as in to back out

to break a promise or agreement I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!

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It was scheduled after Sandburg had its original Week 2 opponent back out.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
The department store had promised to place a new store there until economic difficulties following COVID-19 prompted Nordstrom’s, in 2022, to back out.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of back out

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Since then, Hochman has been slammed for playing politics, embarrassing his office and even backing down for no reason other than the pressure was too intense.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Jelly Roll isn’t backing down from making jokes at the president’s expense, with the country star once again taking aim at Donald Trump‘s physique during his guest-hosting stint on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of back down

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In anticipation of a Friday meeting between Newsom and the leaders of the Senate and Assembly, Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Santa Monica) rallied legislators to implore the governor to back off.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Despite the tough talk, Beijing has seen the US threaten – and then back off from – sweeping sanctions before.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of back off

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Those songs and more were performed during his set by an ace band that included two drummers, whose polyrhythmic beat recalled the Burundi-like drumming of Ant’s 1980 masterpiece Kings of the Wild Frontier.

— David Chiu, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Cole recalled how, at the close of those early shows, the drawings were removed from their frames and returned to Auckland, to be put back in their cupboards.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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