後あとへ引ひく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

back down; back out; withdraw; retreat

Usually used in the negative (後へ引かない, 後へ引けない) to mean one cannot back down or withdraw from a commitment, plan, or confrontation. The expression implies a sense of being unable to retreat or renege.

• ここまで来きたら、もう後あとへは引ひけない。

  Having come this far, I can't back down now.

• 彼かれは一いち度ど言いい出だしたら後あとへ引ひかない性せい格かくだ。

  He's the type who, once he says something, won't back down.