Crawfish Out (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
- After paying the down payment, she had to crawfish out of the contract due to financial difficulties.
- He initially agreed to participate in the project but ultimately decided to crawfish out at the last minute.
- They were forced to crawfish out from their bold statements when faced with opposition from critics.
- We'll have to crawfish out from investing in the business if the economic forecast worsens.
- He promised to donate a large sum of money to charity but had to crawfish out when he faced financial trouble.