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backed off

verb as in retreat

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It backed off the plan to eliminate seasonal employees and even increased the number of temporary workers the parks will be allowed to hire, from roughly 6,300 to as many as 7,700.

The Trump administration accused McConnell of “intolerable judicial overreach,” but has backed off an appeal as the litigation continues.

“I’m still learning, but now he’s kind of backed off a little and let me be a pro,” Trotter said.

And rather than just telling everyone to shut their traps and deal with it as they've been saying for months to anyone who questions their odious policies, the White House backed off.

From Salon

He subsequently backed off that number of temporary units, while issuing an emergency order to immediately build up to 200, including 32 on the parking lot of UCLA’s Jackie Robinson baseball stadium.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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