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"
If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do. Madonna backed out of the project after much wrangling Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later backed out. = pull out
Work the framing contractor does after the mechanical (heating, plumbing & electrical) subcontractors finish their phase of work at the rough stage prior to insulating to get the home ready for a municipal frame inspection Generally, the framing contractor repairs anything disturbed by others and completes all framing necessary to pass a Rough Frame Inspection