dar marcha atrás

Spanish

Verb

dar marcha atrás (first-person singular present doy marcha atrás, first-person singular preterite di marcha atrás, past participle dado marcha atrás)

1. (idiomatic) to back out (of an enterprise)

Further reading

• “dar marcha atrás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28