back off → back off /bækɔf/ Linking
To move backward or away from someone or something, often to avoid a confrontation; to stop bothering or threatening someone.
When a word ending in a consonant, like 'back', is followed by a word starting with a vowel, like 'off', the sounds often link together. This creates a smoother flow of speech, making the words sound like one unit and sometimes making it harder to hear where one word ends and the next begins.
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back off → back off
/bækɔf/
To move backward or away from someone or something, often to avoid a confrontation; to stop bothering or threatening someone.
When a word ending in a consonant, like 'back', is followed by a word starting with a vowel, like 'off', the sounds often link together. This creates a smoother flow of speech, making the words sound like one unit and sometimes making it harder to hear where one word ends and the next begins.
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Example 1
Could you please back off a little? You're too close.
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Example 2
He told the dog to back off when it got too aggressive.
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Example 3
The police told the crowd to back off from the crime scene.
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Example 4
Just back off, okay? You're crowding me.
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Example 5
I told him to back off from the project; he was micromanaging.
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