FINKS OUT Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

finks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of fink out

as in backs out

to break a promise or agreement I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!

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And on the back end, the Trojans continue to be caught flat-footed, with defensive backs out of position.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Besides, there can often be an emergency need for a back-up story, particularly if a subject backs out of a timely report or a story that was supposed to be ready requires last-minute changes.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of backs out

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When the going gets tough, Gloria backs down, a lesson not lost on his political opponents and rivals.

— Carl Luna, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
News to Know FIFA backs down Private investors will not be offered a stake in future World Cups, after all.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of backs down

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Her biggest gripe was with the aviation industry and its longstanding rule that flight attendants aren’t paid until the plane backs off from the gate (or the aircraft doors are closed).

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2026
If the city backs off the video gambling rollout, Bally’s will once again ramp up construction at an accelerated pace on the full entertainment complex, sources said.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of backs off

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Lozano Garita said as he was led by cops out of the 101st Precinct stationhouse Tuesday afternoon to be arraigned in Queens Criminal Court.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
The case, which has only recently come to the attention of POST officials, highlights the limits of state oversight even after lawmakers passed significant police reform aimed at forcing dishonest cops out of the profession.

— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 8 May 2026

Definition of cops out

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Alongside church traditions, the album recalls Terry Riley’s minimalism, in which the repetition of musical patterns produces a kind of hypnotic stasis.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
Device for Exhaling the Tremor (2025), a large sculpture by Celeste Martinez Abburra, explicitly recalls the stainless steel and glass beakers of a chemistry laboratory.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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