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To revoke an offer means taking it back. Practically speaking, that entails communicating to the offeree that the offer is no longer open for acceptance by the offeree. To be able to revoke an offer, the offer must not have already been accepted. An offeror cannot legally revoke an offer after it has been accepted. By that point, it is too late. It has become irrevocable. An offer that has been revoked cannot be accepted.

The situation becomes more complicated when there are conditions involved. For example, suppose an offeree has met all the conditions imposed by the offeror, can the offeror still revoke the offer? The answer is no.

What happens, though, if some of the conditions have been met by the offeree but not all of them? In that case, the offer also cannot be revoked. The offeror will simply have to wait to see if the remaining conditions are met by the offeree.

If one of the offeror’s conditions has come and gone without being met by the offeree, there is no need to revoke the offer. At that point the offer is incapable of being accepted.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that an offeree cannot revoke acceptance. Once accepted, the offeree is bound unless he or she can convince the offeror to agree otherwise.