To move backwards away from something.
To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.
To lower the setting of.
You need to back off, or the situation could turn ugly.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, off.
To retrace one's steps.
To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
To repeat or review work already done.
the act of backtracking