ˈkɹɔˌdæd ˈkɹɒˌfɪʃ

ˈkɹɒˌfɪʃ ˈkɹeɪˌfɪʃ ɹəˈtɹiːt wɪðˈdɹɔː 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 large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly