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Definition of Backout
1. Noun. A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backout
1. a reversal of launching procedures [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backout
Literary usage of Backout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Air Pollution Effects on Crops and Forests: Bibliography 1986-1991 (1993)
"Scenario III: Aggressive Oil backout—Figure 1 - 11 includes further oil replacement
and conservation initiatives in industry and electric utilities. ..."
2. A Trip to Alaska: A Narrative of what was Seen and Heard During a Summer by George Wardman (1884)
"... as if cunningly enticing us to our destruction, disappearing as soon as we
were so far advanced as to make return or backout impossible, and on the day ..."
3. Round the Block: An American Novel by John Bell] [Bouton (1864)
"I shall always be ready for you," said Bog, smiling at this pusillanimous
postponement—which is a mild way of making a clear backout. ..."
4. A Critical Review of American Politics by Charles Reemelin (1881)
"We have carefully read all that has been published in reply to this, and can find
no response, that does not, in effect, amount to a square backout from ..."
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