BACKPEDAL

backpedal

Verb

  1. To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
  2. To step backwards.
    The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.
  3. To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
    Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.


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