Crawfish (Verb)
Meaning
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She told everyone she was planning to participate in the project, but at the last minute she had to crawfish out and give the excuse that she was too busy.
- The company was forced to crawfish out of the deal when investors pulled their funding at the last minute.
- After realizing he had overcommitted himself, he tried to crawfish out of the extra responsibilities.
- We had expected them to be tough competitors, but they began to crawfish and scale back their operations after the market downturn.
- The candidate initially said he would participate in the debate, but later decided to crawfish and cancel his appearance.