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Definition of Crawfish out
1. Verb. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
Related verbs: Draw Back, Move Back, Pull Away, Pull Back, Recede, Retire, Retreat, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Withdrawal, Withdrawer, Withdrawer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crawfish Out
Literary usage of Crawfish out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Practical Receipt Book: Or, Complete Book of Reference by A practical chemist (1844)
"... then take a live carp, or crawfish, out of the water, and dry it well with a
linen cloth ; then daub it over with this paint, it will presently dry, ..."
2. The Preferential Treatment of the Actual Settler in the Primary Disposition by Henry Tatter (1979)
"... a settler's claim from him, he soon saw the white of a score of eyes flaring
at him and he would "crawfish" out of the crowd at the first opportunity. ..."
3. My Life and Times, 1810-1899 by John Bailey Adger (1899)
"Reviewing all the facts, there remains the painful conviction that this recent
act of the board is a pitiful attempt to "crawfish" out of a false position, ..."
4. The United States Practical Receipt Book: Or, Complete Book of Reference by A practical chemist (1844)
"... then take a live carp, or crawfish, out of the water, and dry it well with a
linen cloth ; then daub it over with this paint, it will presently dry, ..."
5. The Preferential Treatment of the Actual Settler in the Primary Disposition by Henry Tatter (1979)
"... a settler's claim from him, he soon saw the white of a score of eyes flaring
at him and he would "crawfish" out of the crowd at the first opportunity. ..."
6. My Life and Times, 1810-1899 by John Bailey Adger (1899)
"Reviewing all the facts, there remains the painful conviction that this recent
act of the board is a pitiful attempt to "crawfish" out of a false position, ..."
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