"echarse atrás" in English

Experience has taught us that the Council tends to cry off at crucial moments.

The European Union must not hold back from coming to their aid.

This time there is no possibility of correcting them, because when vines are uprooted they are uprooted!

This time there is no possibility of correcting them, because when vines are uprooted they are uprooted!

The Commission could not, therefore, go back on its word when the Council was in the process of confirming its common position.

he managed to jump back just in time

her gut reaction was to pull out

would have liked to turn back.

to get cold feet

to bottle out

to bend back

to back down

to back out

But I think that the urgent thing now is humanitarian aid and Europe cannot turn its back on this tragedy; it would be very serious and would amount to complicity.

When two companies of you almost fell away in cowardice but Allah was their Guardian (or Protecting Friend), for on Allah surely do believers put their trust.

There are people who in the face of the difficulties or because they consider that the first ecumenical endeavours have brought negative results would have liked to turn back.

Furthermore, I am pleased to see that we have proposed that the handing over of credit card details be subject to the same cooling-off period as a deposit by any other means.